Cayo Esperanza

Cayo Esperanza: coast and water

7190 m at 113°: Bahía de Filipinas (bay); 10600 m at 82°: Paso del Obispo (channel); 11350 m at 310°: Punta Real (point); 11480 m at 199°: Punta de Chicho (point); 12680 m at 157°: Laguna Joaquín Pérez (lagoon); 13680 m at 167°: Laguna Punta de Arenas (lagoon); 13930 m at 197°: Laguna Caravera (lagoon); 14160 m at 135°: Laguna de Piedra (lagoon).

Cayo Esperanza: islands

1750 m at 181°: Cayo Alto (island); 3400 m at 50°: Pichado Key (historical) (island); 3640 m at 9°: Cayo La Yana (island); 4430 m at 86°: Cayo Cuaba (island); 4490 m at 172°: Cayo Partido (island); 4840 m at 37°: Cayo Quinchos (island); 8680 m at 76°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (island); 9180 m at 285°: Cayo Cera (island); 10220 m at 185°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 11130 m at 191°: Cayo Guajiro (island); 11130 m at 208°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (island); 13940 m at 100°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group).

Cayo Esperanza: inland

17990 m at 196°: Manglar (locality); 18870 m at 193°: Biajaca (stream); 19180 m at 184°: Carahatas (settlement); 19240 m at 189°: Arroyo Hondo (stream); 19710 m at 197°: María Josefa (locality); 21840 m at 197°: Josefa (locality).

Cayo Esperanza: distances

18290 m at 205°: Salinas del Jatal; 20270 m at 159°: Playa de Durán; 22690 m at 238°: Playa La Fe; 74950 m at 152°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 105430 m at 189°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 86880 m at 276°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 32620 m at 153°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Esperanza: close by

1760 m at 181°: Cayo Alto (cay); 3400 m at 50°: Pichado Key (historical) (cay); 3640 m at 10°: Cayo La Yana (cay); 3950 m at 261°: Cayo Espartillo (cay); 4420 m at 86°: Cayo Cuaba (cay); 4490 m at 172°: Cayo Partido (cay); 4840 m at 37°: Cayo Quinchos (cay); 5100 m at 123°: Cayo Mahomito (cay); 5670 m at 35°: Cayo Basura (cay); 6280 m at 212°: Cayo Coco (cay); 6960 m at 246°: Cayo Picheles (cay); 8030 m at 207°: Cayo Gallina (cay).

Cayo Esperanza: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs.

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Cayo Esperanza: marine life records

311 records of 54 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2005: 180 fish, 118 corals, 12 marine mammals, 1 molluscs. That is 99.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 30 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 21 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 18 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Tursiops truncatus, 12 (marine mammals); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Porites astreoides, 10 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 12.

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

Cayo Esperanza: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.