Cayo del Medio

Cayo del Medio: coast and water

6780 m at 149°: Bahía de Jaragua (cove); 7750 m at 140°: Punta de Jaragua (point); 9550 m at 140°: Punta Sotavento (point); 13670 m at 289°: Punta Gorda (point); 13810 m at 133°: Playa de Nibujón (beach); 14870 m at 292°: Ensenada Yagrumage (cove); 15190 m at 291°: Bahía Yagrumage (cove); 17230 m at 296°: Punta Río Moa (point); 17770 m at 131°: Bahía Naguaraje (cove); 19890 m at 294°: Bahía Yaguasey (cove); 20300 m at 132°: Playa Manguana (beach); 20360 m at 295°: Bajo Yaguasey (shoal); 20490 m at 296°: Bajo Palaca (shoal); 22300 m at 134°: Ensenada Báez (cove); 22850 m at 134°: Bahía de Cueva (cove); 24120 m at 135°: Bahía de Aguacate (cove).

Cayo del Medio: islands

22110 m at 302°: Cayo Moa Grande (island); 23170 m at 303°: Cayo Chico (island).

Cayo del Medio: inland

3550 m at 179°: Río Seco (stream); 4830 m at 175°: Río Macaguanigua (stream); 5220 m at 301°: Cocalito (settlement); 5280 m at 174°: Jiguaney (hamlet); 6370 m at 156°: Jaragua (settlement); 6770 m at 303°: Cupey (settlement); 7010 m at 156°: Carbonera (settlement); 8620 m at 143°: Tacobay (locality); 9230 m at 278°: La Melba (locality); 9230 m at 278°: El Cupey (locality); 9410 m at 149°: La Vega de Taco (settlement); 9470 m at 285°: Quesigua (settlement).

Cayo del Medio: distances

1160 m at 219°: Yamanigüey; 11540 m at 136°: Playa Pinca; 13810 m at 133°: Playa de Nibujón; 33940 m at 137°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 23370 m at 290°: Port of Moa (port); 137710 m at 241°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 19870 m at 233°: Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt; 38250 m at 135°: Parque Natural Majayara.

Cayo del Medio: close by

22110 m at 302°: Cayo Moa Grande (cay); 23160 m at 303°: Cayo Chico (cay).

Cayo del Medio: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 mines & quarries, 3 camp sites, 2 coral reefs, 1 places of worship, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

8500 m at 170°: Alexander Humbold park hike (trails & viewpoints); 11170 m at 286°: Planta de Níquel de Punta Gorda (No Concluida) (mines & quarries); 11830 m at 177°: Alto de Iberia (peaks & volcanoes); 12100 m at 136°: Futbolito (stadiums & sport); 12500 m at 138°: Campamento Cristiano (camp sites); 12660 m at 277°: Campismo Villa Cromita (camp sites); 12850 m at 264°: Campismo Cayo Guam (camp sites); 13990 m at 277°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 14760 m at 287°: Cantera de Níquel (mines & quarries).

Cayo del Medio: marine life records

19 records of 10 species within 10 km, 2002 to 2024: 6 seagrass and algae, 6 crustaceans, 4 molluscs, 2 fish, 1 corals. That is 6.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Cocos nucifera, 6 (seagrass and algae); Coenobita clypeatus, 5 (crustaceans); Gorgonia ventalina, 1 (corals); Neritidae, 1 (molluscs); Macrobrachium carcinus, 1 (crustaceans); Aliger gigas, 1 (molluscs); Amphichthys, 1 (fish); Dajaus monticola, 1 (fish); Vitta virginea, 1 (molluscs); Isognomon alatus, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo del Medio: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.