Cayo del Medio de Marcos

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: coast and water

3360 m at 308°: Punta La Cristina (point); 4930 m at 197°: Punta Higuereta (point); 5960 m at 115°: Canal del Martín (channel); 6040 m at 113°: Canal Guairajal (channel); 6190 m at 188°: Laguna Niña Bonita (lagoon); 9280 m at 240°: Playa Nazabal (beach); 11300 m at 251°: Laguna La Paloma (lagoon); 12750 m at 329°: Punta La Tocinera (point).

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: islands

5030 m at 331°: Cayos de la Tocinera (island group); 7910 m at 319°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 9120 m at 348°: Cayo Pajonal (island); 13250 m at 142°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 16450 m at 144°: Cayo del Medio de Mojabraga (island); 18470 m at 140°: Cayo del Medio del Indio (island); 19510 m at 315°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 19600 m at 291°: Cayo Vaca (island); 25540 m at 298°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 26130 m at 286°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 26240 m at 300°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (island); 29400 m at 134°: Cayo Verde (island).

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: inland

6320 m at 173°: Sagua la Chica (stream); 10230 m at 181°: Laguna Río Verde (pond); 10790 m at 181°: Tierra Fría (hamlet); 10790 m at 193°: Laguna El Santo (pond); 11740 m at 209°: Estrella Vieja (settlement); 12300 m at 175°: La Juanita (locality).

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: distances

9280 m at 240°: Playa Nazábal; 9910 m at 168°: Playa Juan Francisco; 11610 m at 193°: El Santo; 45790 m at 219°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 108710 m at 228°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 105070 m at 104°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: close by

3500 m at 336°: Cayo Marcos (cay); 5040 m at 331°: Cayos de la Tocinera (island group); 7660 m at 323°: Cayos Pajonal (cay); 7910 m at 319°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 8090 m at 73°: Roca Vinson (cay); 9120 m at 348°: Cayo Pajonal (cay); 12320 m at 306°: Cayo Alto (cay); 13250 m at 142°: Cayo Sombrero (cay); 14350 m at 312°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 14730 m at 301°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 16450 m at 144°: Cayo del Medio de Mojabraga (cay); 16630 m at 320°: Cayos Careneros (island group).

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 stores & supermarkets, 4 schools, 3 police & fire, 2 farms & plantations, 1 museums, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 camp sites, 1 marinas, 1 government & embassies, 1 stations & terminals.

9090 m at 166°: Museo del Manatí (museums); 9290 m at 167°: Campismo Villa Batalla (camp sites); 11590 m at 192°: Base de Pesca (marinas); 12650 m at 234°: Emilio Cordoba (stations & terminals).

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: marine life records

325 records of 63 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 225 fish, 96 corals, 1 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans. That is 103.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 21 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 21 (fish); Millepora complanata, 18 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 18 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 18 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 15 (fish); Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 11 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 10 (fish); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 8 (fish).

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

Cayo del Medio de Marcos: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo del Medio de Marcos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Fragoso stands about 8.5 km away.