Cayo Flamenco

Cayo Flamenco: coast and water

1690 m at 196°: Canal Diego Pérez (channel); 12590 m at 16°: Ensenada de Cazones (bay); 13540 m at 68°: Boca de Bandera (channel); 15310 m at 81°: Punta de Espeque (point); 24720 m at 88°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove); 32800 m at 304°: Punta de Cristóbal (point); 35070 m at 125°: Médano Vizcaíno (reef); 37590 m at 87°: Punta Palmillas (point).

Cayo Flamenco: islands

13200 m at 345°: Cayo del Masío (island); 16150 m at 45°: Cayo Cancamán (island); 19620 m at 92°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 20250 m at 68°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 20440 m at 305°: Cayería de la Fábrica (island group); 30670 m at 236°: Cayo Traviesa (island); 43520 m at 178°: Cayo Piedra (island); 45180 m at 191°: Cayo Rico (island); 46350 m at 168°: Cayo Largo (island); 46460 m at 217°: Cayo Divisa de Piedra (island); 46460 m at 294°: Cayo Las Yanas (island); 46740 m at 123°: Cayo Arenoso (island).

Cayo Flamenco: inland

24060 m at 328°: Liborio Alvira (locality); 33220 m at 68°: Laguna Hervidero (lake); 34890 m at 68°: Laguna los Caballos (lake); 39950 m at 16°: Las Mercedes (locality); 40960 m at 356°: Hato Viejo (locality); 41480 m at 13°: Palito Blanco (locality).

Cayo Flamenco: distances

40180 m at 72°: Playa Los Cocos; 46600 m at 53°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 47700 m at 172°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 46240 m at 176°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 113280 m at 0°: Port of Matanzas (port); 46290 m at 179°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 18900 m at 342°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo Flamenco: close by

3760 m at 26°: Cayo Diego Pérez (cay); 8780 m at 286°: Cayo Bonito (cay); 11090 m at 337°: Cayo del Macío (cay); 12520 m at 24°: Banco de Cazones (reef); 12570 m at 252°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 12580 m at 60°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 12640 m at 314°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group); 13200 m at 345°: Cayo del Masío (cay); 16160 m at 45°: Cayo Cancamán (cay); 16980 m at 288°: Cayo Palanca (cay); 17510 m at 41°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 18380 m at 89°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay).

Cayo Flamenco: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs, 2 attractions, 1 historic & heritage.

9130 m at 337°: Playa tipo whitsundayd (attractions); 9360 m at 337°: Playa tipo wbitsundays (attractions); 13570 m at 74°: Ernst-Thälmann-Büste (historic & heritage).

Cayo Flamenco: marine life records

1809 records of 79 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2010: 914 fish, 893 corals, 1 crustaceans, 1 echinoderms. That is 575.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 159 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 118 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 93 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 91 (fish); Scarus iseri, 89 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 83 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 79 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 74 (fish); Porites astreoides, 72 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 65 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 55 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 50 (fish).

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

Cayo Flamenco: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.