Cayo Factor

Cayo Factor: coast and water

4880 m at 119°: Punta El Factor (point); 4920 m at 112°: Ensenada de Cayo La Muerte (cove); 7000 m at 87°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 7300 m at 28°: Canalizo Las Bocainas (channel); 8710 m at 72°: Laguna de Cayo Cedro (lagoon); 10210 m at 225°: Punta Ensenada (point); 10280 m at 29°: Punta Galindo (point); 10370 m at 344°: Punta de la Pluma (point).

Cayo Factor: islands

3060 m at 342°: Cayo Vara (island); 3120 m at 14°: Cayo Dama (island); 4200 m at 154°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 4360 m at 102°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 9450 m at 82°: Cayo Cedro (island); 9750 m at 319°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group); 9790 m at 286°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (island); 10620 m at 29°: Cayo Galindito (island); 11700 m at 283°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 13610 m at 274°: Cayo Romero (island); 14810 m at 103°: Cayo Portillo (island); 16250 m at 94°: Cayo Largo (island).

Cayo Factor: inland

13920 m at 205°: Río del Júcaro (stream); 16550 m at 133°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 18330 m at 178°: La Vega (locality); 18630 m at 142°: Menéndez (locality); 19080 m at 120°: Meteoro (stream); 19220 m at 170°: Ciénaga del Caimital (hamlet).

Cayo Factor: distances

14370 m at 143°: Playa Musulmanes; 18370 m at 126°: Salinas La Teja; 20690 m at 118°: Salinas Bidos; 54820 m at 254°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 67770 m at 258°: Port of Matanzas (port); 21600 m at 266°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 11890 m at 314°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 23810 m at 275°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 24050 m at 276°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Factor: close by

350 m at 353°: Cayo Perro (cay); 1010 m at 355°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 1460 m at 14°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 1680 m at 20°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 3070 m at 342°: Cayo Vara (cay); 3120 m at 14°: Cayo Dama (cay); 3140 m at 55°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 3180 m at 18°: Cayo Melón (cay); 3250 m at 53°: Cayo Partido (cay); 4200 m at 154°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 4360 m at 102°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 4560 m at 251°: Cayo Machito (cay).

Cayo Factor: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 attractions, 1 parks & reserves.

8390 m at 287°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions); 11890 m at 314°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves).

Cayo Factor: marine life records

51 records of 44 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2025: 33 molluscs, 6 marine mammals, 4 fish, 4 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 16.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 6 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Tonna pennata, 1 (molluscs); Melampus monile, 1 (molluscs); Xiphias gladius, 1 (fish); Melampus bidentatus, 1 (molluscs); Dendropoma corrodens, 1 (molluscs); Johnsonella fausta, 1 (molluscs); Pusula pediculus, 1 (molluscs); Fissurella barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Eoacmaea pustulata, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 2, Aug 2, Dec 2.

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

Cayo Factor: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Factor

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 12 km away.