Cayo Ernest Thaelmann

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: coast and water

3890 m at 303°: Punta de Espeque (point); 6350 m at 306°: Punta de Piedra (point); 7340 m at 110°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 14920 m at 190°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 18930 m at 264°: Canal Diego Pérez (channel); 18970 m at 309°: Ensenada de Cazones (bay); 21730 m at 74°: Punta Migote del Padre (point); 22850 m at 61°: Punta Las Navajas (point).

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: islands

7410 m at 3°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 9820 m at 91°: Cayo Blanco (island); 14680 m at 332°: Cayo Cobo (island); 16490 m at 72°: Cayo Borracho (island); 17040 m at 281°: Cayo Diego Pérez (island); 18380 m at 269°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 25150 m at 300°: Cayo del Masío (island); 30060 m at 105°: Cayo Piedras (island); 30620 m at 262°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 43260 m at 187°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 44090 m at 281°: Cayo Cacao (island); 46370 m at 191°: Cayo Largo (island).

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: inland

18600 m at 6°: Laguna de los Pájaros (pond); 19040 m at 47°: Laguna los Caballos (lake); 25550 m at 21°: Lobato (locality); 31380 m at 327°: Pescadores de Langostas (locality); 32090 m at 36°: Río Negro (locality); 32090 m at 36°: Manatí (locality).

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: distances

23350 m at 58°: Playa Los Cocos; 33600 m at 34°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 34660 m at 37°: Playa Larga; 48740 m at 198°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 99760 m at 82°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 49830 m at 201°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 29950 m at 306°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: close by

1460 m at 122°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 7340 m at 110°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 7410 m at 3°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 9590 m at 309°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 9820 m at 91°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 13070 m at 328°: Cayo Cancamán (cay); 14530 m at 88°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 14680 m at 332°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 15950 m at 186°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 16490 m at 72°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 17050 m at 281°: Cayo Diego Pérez (cay); 17330 m at 310°: Banco de Cazones (reef).

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs, 1 historic & heritage, 1 attractions.

6380 m at 303°: Ernst-Thälmann-Büste (historic & heritage); 14950 m at 55°: Las Salinas (attractions).

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: marine life records

989 records of 76 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2019: 514 fish, 473 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms. That is 314.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 68 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 59 (corals); Scarus iseri, 53 (fish); Acropora palmata, 47 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 46 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 46 (corals); Porites astreoides, 43 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 43 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 38 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 36 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 35 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 34 (corals).

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

Cayo Ernest Thaelmann: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.