Cayo del Medio

Cayo del Medio: coast and water

510 m at 235°: Punta Puchi (point); 550 m at 176°: Ensenada de Cabañas (cove); 750 m at 58°: Ensenada La García (cove); 990 m at 233°: Punta Vicente (point); 990 m at 233°: Ensenada del Alambique (cove); 1400 m at 309°: Punta La Esmeralda (point); 1540 m at 254°: Punta Maja (point); 1920 m at 17°: Laguna de Mala Habitación (lagoon).

Cayo del Medio: islands

100 m at 150°: Cayo Puchi (island); 430 m at 54°: Cayo Rojo (island); 790 m at 43°: Cayo García (island); 1290 m at 305°: Cayo Blanco (island); 1410 m at 253°: Cayo Almeja (island); 1500 m at 328°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 2690 m at 286°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 3540 m at 247°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 3940 m at 253°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 4640 m at 254°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 6690 m at 298°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 6690 m at 298°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island).

Cayo del Medio: inland

1080 m at 161°: Cabañas (settlement); 1680 m at 219°: La Plata (stream); 1890 m at 37°: Dominica (stream); 1990 m at 181°: El Recreo (locality); 2110 m at 87°: Manchuria (locality); 2810 m at 297°: Loma Constante (hill).

Cayo del Medio: distances

1250 m at 165°: Cabañas; 4230 m at 243°: Playa La Luisa; 12190 m at 66°: Playa Boca Ciega; 52860 m at 90°: José Martí International Airport ; 17970 m at 89°: Port of Mariel (port); 44760 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 15170 m at 201°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo del Medio: close by

110 m at 151°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 430 m at 54°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 790 m at 43°: Cayo García (cay); 1290 m at 305°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 1410 m at 253°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 1500 m at 328°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 2690 m at 286°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 3540 m at 247°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 3940 m at 253°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 4640 m at 254°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 6690 m at 298°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 6690 m at 298°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo del Medio: on and around

Within 15 km: 15 factories & works, 11 mines & quarries, 9 guest houses & hostels, 9 farms & plantations, 6 coral reefs, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 schools, 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 fuel stations, 3 historic & heritage.

1160 m at 160°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 1390 m at 180°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 1940 m at 168°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 3080 m at 9°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 9750 m at 94°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 10000 m at 133°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 10210 m at 193°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 10380 m at 277°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 11110 m at 100°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 11290 m at 205°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 11590 m at 73°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 13320 m at 151°: El Mirador (attractions); 13500 m at 185°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo del Medio: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 560 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 99 sponges, 98 seagrass and algae, 76 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 sharks and rays, 20 marine mammals, 2 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 5 (other); Xiphias gladius, 5 (fish); Lecithochirium musculus, 5 (other); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 4 (other); Aponurus laguncula, 4 (other); Apharyngostrigea cornu, 4 (other); Parorchis acanthus, 4 (other); Echinochasmus schwartzi, 4 (other); Calliostoma pulchrum, 3 (molluscs); Renicola glandoloba, 3 (other); Ptilocaulis aulopora, 3 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 3 (corals).

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

Cayo del Medio: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo del Medio

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 5.9 km away.