Cayo Espíritu Santo

Cayo Espíritu Santo: coast and water

5360 m at 263°: Laguna La Esperanza (lagoon); 5740 m at 263°: Estero la Esperanza (inlet); 7270 m at 262°: Estero la Majagua (inlet); 7300 m at 261°: Punta La Majagua (point); 9550 m at 329°: Cabezos de Plumajes (shoal); 11540 m at 229°: Compañía Agrícola Guanahacabibes (estuary); 12110 m at 178°: Poza de Juan Claro (lagoon); 13200 m at 90°: Punta Mangle Quemado (point); 13250 m at 250°: Punta Carabela (point); 15600 m at 179°: Meyers Anchorage (anchorage); 15910 m at 38°: Ensenada Jaimiquí (bay); 16190 m at 60°: Playa del Océano (beach); 17440 m at 90°: Punta Corúa (point); 17970 m at 51°: Punta Luis (point); 18210 m at 249°: Ensenada del Corcho (cove); 18630 m at 25°: Estero San Francisco (inlet).

Cayo Espíritu Santo: islands

19020 m at 24°: Cayo San Francisco (island); 19640 m at 15°: Cayo Zapato (island); 20060 m at 21°: Cayo Montano (island); 21960 m at 90°: Cayo Redondo (island).

Cayo Espíritu Santo: inland

8710 m at 167°: Gomero (locality); 8730 m at 141°: El Fraile (settlement); 8730 m at 163°: Rancho Quemado (locality); 11640 m at 179°: La Bajada (settlement); 14520 m at 165°: Aguada (locality); 15470 m at 226°: Vereda El Coplín (locality); 16120 m at 139°: Monte Firme (locality); 16760 m at 38°: Estero Los Jíbaros (stream); 17390 m at 126°: Laguna Bahía San Juan (pond); 17760 m at 162°: Hoya del Palmar (locality); 18450 m at 120°: El Vallecito (settlement); 18880 m at 43°: Santa Teresa (stream).

Cayo Espíritu Santo: distances

10040 m at 226°: Guanahacabibes; 16190 m at 60°: Playa del Océano; 19740 m at 230°: Playa Antonio; 176820 m at 97°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 208000 m at 59°: Port of Mariel (port); 51090 m at 250°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Protected: 15320 m at 204°: Península de Guanahacabibes; 20260 m at 227°: Reserva de Biosfera Guanahacabibes; 25800 m at 231°: Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes.

Cayo Espíritu Santo: close by

19020 m at 24°: Cayo San Francisco (cay); 19640 m at 15°: Cayo Zapato (cay); 20060 m at 21°: Cayo Montano (cay); 21960 m at 90°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 23070 m at 183°: Trajes de buceo (reef); 23080 m at 183°: María La Gorda: Centro International de Buceo (reef); 23090 m at 183°: Club de Buceo (reef); 23440 m at 182°: María La Gorda (reef).

Cayo Espíritu Santo: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 guest houses & hostels, 2 attractions, 1 historic & heritage.

11130 m at 184°: Poza Redonda (attractions); 11520 m at 180°: Villa Las Gorgonias (guest houses & hostels); 11620 m at 179°: Villa Azul (guest houses & hostels); 11630 m at 176°: Monumento a los Mambises Rusos (historic & heritage); 11630 m at 179°: Al mar (guest houses & hostels); 11840 m at 179°: Poza Juan Claro (attractions).

Cayo Espíritu Santo: marine life records

94 records of 77 species within 10 km, 2010 to 2015: 89 molluscs, 3 corals, 1 sharks and rays, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 29.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Crassinella lunulata, 2 (molluscs); Musculus lateralis, 2 (molluscs); Chione cancellata, 2 (molluscs); Gouldia cerina, 2 (molluscs); Granulina antillensis, 2 (molluscs); Pseudostomatella erythrocoma, 2 (molluscs); Trochomodulus carchedonius, 2 (molluscs); Amphithalamus vallei, 2 (molluscs); Parvilucina, 2 (molluscs); Acar domingensis, 2 (molluscs); Cerithium eburneum, 2 (molluscs); Eatonina maickeli, 2 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Espíritu Santo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.