Cayo Flamenco

Cayo Flamenco: coast and water

14020 m at 250°: Punta Rancho Viejo (point); 15940 m at 235°: Punta La Puntilla (point); 18970 m at 279°: Punta Aguas Mulatas (point); 18970 m at 279°: Boca Oriental de la Ciénaga (cove); 19120 m at 302°: Punta del Potrero (point); 19270 m at 281°: Ensenada de San Juan (cove); 19820 m at 111°: Canalizo Aguardiente (channel); 20880 m at 310°: Punta El Guayabo (point).

Cayo Flamenco: islands

4280 m at 266°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 9070 m at 113°: Cayo Palma (island); 12230 m at 280°: Cayo Guayabo (island); 12580 m at 97°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 13800 m at 123°: Cayo Campos (island); 14480 m at 295°: Cayo Balandra (island); 15880 m at 307°: Cayo San Juan (island); 24730 m at 100°: Cayo Punta del Canto (island); 26850 m at 312°: Cayo El Buche (island); 27030 m at 315°: Cayo Canal Ancha (island); 27860 m at 107°: Cayo Avalito (island); 29120 m at 102°: Cayo Los Muertos (island).

Cayo Flamenco: inland

20860 m at 248°: Carril del Indio (locality); 22950 m at 281°: Manjuarí (stream); 23680 m at 272°: La Noria (locality); 24160 m at 244°: Los Arroyitos (locality); 24920 m at 282°: El Fanguito (settlement); 26310 m at 282°: Vaquería Número Tres (ranch).

Cayo Flamenco: distances

35390 m at 241°: Playa Larga; 36870 m at 289°: Santa Fe; 37010 m at 301°: Júcaro; 43490 m at 300°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 153950 m at 347°: Port of Mariel (port); 87460 m at 92°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 36650 m at 272°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.

Cayo Flamenco: close by

3990 m at 119°: Cayo Coco (cay); 4290 m at 266°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 6050 m at 343°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 8120 m at 189°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 8420 m at 196°: Cayo Matías (cay); 9070 m at 113°: Cayo Palma (cay); 9980 m at 150°: Cayo Hicacos (cay); 11370 m at 290°: Cayo Melones (cay); 12220 m at 280°: Cayo Guayabo (cay); 12570 m at 303°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 12590 m at 97°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 12590 m at 293°: Cayo Costilla (cay).

Cayo Flamenco: marine life records

164 records of 46 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2009: 92 fish, 53 corals, 12 crustaceans, 6 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 52.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 21 (corals); Porites astreoides, 15 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 10 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Acropora palmata, 8 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Scarus iseri, 7 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 6 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 4 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 4 (corals); Sparisoma rubripinne, 4 (fish).

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

Cayo Flamenco: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.