Cayo del Masío

Cayo del Masío: coast and water

17690 m at 115°: Boca de Bandera (channel); 18850 m at 118°: Punta de Piedra (point); 21270 m at 119°: Punta de Espeque (point); 29630 m at 2°: Cedro Caído (estuary); 33270 m at 145°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 34120 m at 18°: Ciénaga Occidental de Zapata (marsh); 35480 m at 93°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon); 37240 m at 338°: Punta Sombrero (point).

Cayo del Masío: islands

14800 m at 239°: Cayo Palanca (island); 14940 m at 88°: Cayo Cobo (island); 15000 m at 95°: Cayo Cancamán (island); 17880 m at 254°: Cayo Lagunas (island); 25150 m at 120°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (island); 32360 m at 279°: Cayos Providencia (island group); 34740 m at 145°: Cayo Sigua (island); 39450 m at 279°: Cayo Las Yanas (island); 40450 m at 283°: Cayo Bacalao (island); 40950 m at 106°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 54730 m at 112°: Cayo Piedras (island); 55610 m at 206°: Cayo Divisa de Piedra (island).

Cayo del Masío: inland

13720 m at 333°: Hotel Guama (hotel); 24460 m at 76°: Laguna de los Pájaros (pond); 28110 m at 1°: Hato Viejo (locality); 28280 m at 2°: Casa Vieja (locality); 32190 m at 78°: Guamutal (locality); 32680 m at 30°: Batey Viejo (hamlet).

Cayo del Masío: distances

41570 m at 90°: Playa Los Cocos; 43440 m at 69°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 45360 m at 71°: Playa Larga; 59260 m at 173°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 100620 m at 2°: Port of Matanzas (port); 59170 m at 176°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 5740 m at 337°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo del Masío: close by

2740 m at 201°: Cayo del Macío (cay); 6870 m at 235°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group); 8680 m at 99°: Banco de Cazones (reef); 10640 m at 152°: Cayo Diego Pérez (cay); 11410 m at 206°: Cayo Bonito (cay); 13200 m at 165°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 13240 m at 266°: Cayería de la Fábrica (island group); 14810 m at 239°: Cayo Palanca (cay); 14950 m at 88°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 15010 m at 95°: Cayo Cancamán (cay); 15760 m at 114°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 16330 m at 260°: Cayo Quitasol (cay).

Cayo del Masío: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 parks & reserves, 1 coral reefs.

4110 m at 182°: Playa tipo wbitsundays (attractions); 4360 m at 182°: Playa tipo whitsundayd (attractions); 5740 m at 337°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata (parks & reserves).

Cayo del Masío: marine life records

720 records of 67 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2002: 395 corals, 324 fish, 1 echinoderms. That is 229.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 82 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 63 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 46 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 39 (corals); Scarus iseri, 38 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 36 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 32 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 32 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Porites astreoides, 24 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 23 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 22 (fish).

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

Cayo del Masío: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.