Cayo del Cristo

Cayo del Cristo: coast and water

1200 m at 260°: Ensenada de la Glorita (cove); 3300 m at 172°: Boca Ciega (channel); 5860 m at 290°: Punta La Aguada (point); 6440 m at 218°: Cabezo Empalizada (shoal); 6470 m at 157°: Boca Marillani (channel); 7190 m at 295°: Playa El Roteño (beach); 9200 m at 301°: Bajo Telegrama (shoal); 9350 m at 145°: Boca de Cañate (channel).

Cayo del Cristo: islands

6050 m at 252°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 7430 m at 283°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 7550 m at 175°: Cayo Palomo (island); 7730 m at 143°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 7750 m at 177°: Cayo Paloma (island); 7920 m at 147°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 10170 m at 152°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 10540 m at 245°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 13430 m at 297°: Cayuelo de Gandón (island); 15550 m at 283°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 17190 m at 244°: Cayo Las Glorias (island); 17300 m at 239°: Cayo Punta Rosas (island).

Cayo del Cristo: inland

5240 m at 4°: Guaicanamar (locality); 9690 m at 188°: Estación Concha (railway station); 10890 m at 185°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 18090 m at 213°: Roldán (locality); 18880 m at 206°: San Jorge (locality); 20590 m at 214°: Alcover (locality).

Cayo del Cristo: distances

10830 m at 185°: Isabela de Sagua; 11850 m at 195°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 17960 m at 173°: Playa Colorado; 60810 m at 174°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 108260 m at 205°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 109790 m at 205°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 27510 m at 211°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo del Cristo: close by

2240 m at 193°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 2370 m at 203°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 2590 m at 179°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 2760 m at 315°: Cayuelo del Cristo (cay); 2810 m at 216°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 4370 m at 98°: Cabezos de Maravillas (reef); 4870 m at 161°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 6050 m at 252°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 6500 m at 280°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 6980 m at 199°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 7430 m at 283°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 7560 m at 175°: Cayo Palomo (cay).

Cayo del Cristo: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

10340 m at 182°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 10380 m at 183°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 10550 m at 185°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 10930 m at 186°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo del Cristo: marine life records

198 records of 93 species within 10 km, 1931 to 1995: 156 fish, 30 crustaceans, 5 other, 4 sharks and rays, 2 molluscs, 1 echinoderms. That is 63.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Gammaridea, 10 (crustaceans); Strongylura notata, 9 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 8 (crustaceans); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Sphyraena barracuda, 5 (fish); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish); Archosargus rhomboidalis, 4 (fish); Erotelis smaragdus, 4 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3, Dec 1.

Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.

Cayo del Cristo: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo del Cristo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 1.4 km away.