Cayo Esponja

Cayo Esponja: coast and water

3940 m at 151°: Bahía de Santa Clara (bay); 7420 m at 43°: Punta Blanquizal (point); 7650 m at 32°: Boca Falcones (channel); 8190 m at 348°: Canalizo La Cuberita (channel); 9170 m at 343°: Canal La Cubera (channel); 11490 m at 301°: Bahía de Flamenco (bay); 11680 m at 10°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz Lighthouse (lighthouse); 11800 m at 285°: Canalizo de Limones (channel).

Cayo Esponja: islands

8240 m at 7°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 9360 m at 113°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 10250 m at 103°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 10770 m at 62°: Cayo Blanquizal (island); 12200 m at 116°: Cayo Redondo (island); 13290 m at 87°: Cayo Cera (island); 15420 m at 77°: Cayo Alcatraces (island); 16490 m at 145°: Cayo Parguete (island); 18370 m at 97°: Cayo Espartillo (island); 18950 m at 311°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 20590 m at 277°: Cayo Rioja (island); 20700 m at 294°: Cayo Matancero (island).

Cayo Esponja: inland

10270 m at 238°: Río Cañas (stream); 11540 m at 215°: Santa Rosalía (locality); 13180 m at 193°: Playa Ganuza (settlement); 13490 m at 240°: Hotel Elguea (hotel); 13560 m at 177°: Playa Vives (locality); 13580 m at 239°: El Árbol de Guernica (hamlet).

Cayo Esponja: distances

14010 m at 168°: Playa La Fe; 15350 m at 212°: Corralillo; 16970 m at 185°: Sierra Morena; 88820 m at 140°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 106060 m at 177°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 64690 m at 276°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Cayo Esponja: close by

3260 m at 97°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 3730 m at 327°: Cayo Tinta (cay); 6510 m at 63°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 6990 m at 209°: Cayo Negro (cay); 8230 m at 7°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 8370 m at 54°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 8990 m at 150°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 9070 m at 227°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 9350 m at 113°: Cayo Mosquitico (cay); 10250 m at 103°: Cayo Mosquito (cay); 10420 m at 70°: Cayo Basura (cay); 10770 m at 62°: Cayo Blanquizal (cay).

Cayo Esponja: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 camp sites, 2 guest houses & hostels, 1 coral reefs.

13410 m at 199°: Campismo El Salto (camp sites); 13830 m at 194°: Campismo Ganuza (camp sites); 14490 m at 168°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 14880 m at 202°: Horizonte (guest houses & hostels); 14880 m at 202°: Hostal y Restaurante Horizontal (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Esponja: marine life records

3 records of 3 species within 10 km, 1970 to 1970: 2 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 1.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ellisella schmitti, 1 (corals); Plexaura kuna, 1 (corals); Balaenoptera, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Esponja: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Esponja

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 12 km away.