Cayo El Chivo

Cayo El Chivo: coast and water

380 m at 256°: Bajo Piedra de Madrazo (shoal); 1150 m at 341°: Bahía Honda (bay); 1450 m at 128°: Estero Montaña (estuary); 1800 m at 348°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 1800 m at 348°: Fondeadero Corojal (anchorage); 2070 m at 267°: Ensenada Biajaca (cove); 2150 m at 17°: Punta la Cazuela (point); 2220 m at 37°: Punta Biajaiba (point); 2220 m at 37°: Punta del Caldero (point); 2220 m at 37°: Ensenada del Cobo (cove); 2330 m at 275°: Punta Gerardo (point); 2390 m at 49°: Ensenada San Ignacio (bay); 2510 m at 264°: Ensenada Gerardo (cove); 2530 m at 359°: Punta del Muerto (point); 2720 m at 311°: Pasa Cuarterola (channel); 2720 m at 311°: Pasa de Corojal (channel).

Cayo El Chivo: islands

1410 m at 240°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 2380 m at 5°: Cayo del Muerto (island); 3290 m at 319°: Cayo Corojal (islet).

Cayo El Chivo: inland

1460 m at 246°: Bahía Honda (stream); 2830 m at 227°: Arroyo Bejucal (stream); 3710 m at 270°: Patricio Lumumba (settlement); 3780 m at 269°: Mendieta (locality); 3810 m at 186°: Loma del Coayal (hill); 3900 m at 80°: Carambola (stream); 4150 m at 14°: Carenero (settlement); 4250 m at 243°: Gerardo Pastora (locality); 4250 m at 243°: Central Harlem (sugar mill); 4250 m at 207°: Puerta Prieta (settlement); 4830 m at 18°: La Zona (hamlet); 5460 m at 171°: La Esperanza (locality).

Cayo El Chivo: distances

3080 m at 181°: Bahía Honda; 15830 m at 276°: Playa Morrillo; 16710 m at 250°: Arroyo de Piedra; 77440 m at 85°: José Martí International Airport ; 42750 m at 82°: Port of Mariel (port); 69830 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 20690 m at 113°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario; 33350 m at 227°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo El Chivo: close by

1410 m at 240°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 2370 m at 5°: Cayo del Muerto (cay); 3280 m at 319°: Cayo Corojal (cay); 6770 m at 343°: Cabeza Guano de Genaro (reef); 6770 m at 343°: Cabezo Guano de Genaro (reef); 7930 m at 337°: Cabezo del Jorobado (reef); 8170 m at 327°: Cayuelo La Poza (cay); 14890 m at 278°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 15630 m at 272°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 16760 m at 73°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 17220 m at 70°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 19330 m at 266°: Cayo Morrillo (cay).

Cayo El Chivo: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 peaks & volcanoes, 6 guest houses & hostels, 5 coral reefs, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 factories & works, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 government & embassies, 2 hospitals, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 fuel stations.

1020 m at 250°: Vista al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 3100 m at 187°: Casa Gualberto y Deysi (guest houses & hostels); 3350 m at 179°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 3410 m at 178°: Parque de las Madres (urban parks & plazas); 3420 m at 176°: Museo municipal (museums); 3480 m at 167°: Villa Tita (guest houses & hostels); 3490 m at 158°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 5330 m at 11°: Fuerte de San Fernando (historic & heritage); 8780 m at 178°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11690 m at 173°: Loma Caldoso (peaks & volcanoes); 12450 m at 188°: Loma El Chivo🐐 (peaks & volcanoes); 13410 m at 281°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 13940 m at 168°: Loma El Tibisí (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo El Chivo: marine life records

1402 records of 104 species within 10 km, 1877 to 2003: 1290 other, 67 crustaceans, 18 molluscs, 13 corals, 10 fish, 2 marine mammals, 1 echinoderms, 1 sponges. That is 446.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ostracoda, 48 (other); Undinula vulgaris, 45 (other); Mecynocera gracilis, 40 (other); Calanoida, 40 (other); Oncaea media, 40 (other); Oncaea venusta venella, 40 (other); Chaetognatha, 40 (other); Clausocalanus furcatus, 40 (other); Nannocalanus minor, 40 (other); Farranula gracilis, 35 (other); Oncaea, 35 (other); Calocalanus pavoninus, 35 (other).

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

Cayo El Chivo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo El Chivo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta del Morillo stands about 5.4 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Gobernadora stands about 8.6 km away.