Cayo Flamencos

Cayo Flamencos: coast and water

4110 m at 273°: Playa Sierra Morena (beach); 7000 m at 97°: Punta Chicharrón (point); 11090 m at 112°: Ensenada Las Calderas (cove); 11170 m at 97°: Ensenada del Estero Negro (cove); 11350 m at 82°: Punta de Chicho (point); 11380 m at 91°: Laguna Tronconera (lagoon); 11870 m at 112°: Punta Gorda (point); 13250 m at 287°: Laguna de los Gatos (lagoon).

Cayo Flamencos: islands

2210 m at 76°: Cayo Parguete (island); 7920 m at 71°: Cayo Ramajes (island); 10550 m at 77°: Cayo La Solapa (island); 10760 m at 58°: Cayo Cayeras (island); 12130 m at 13°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 12470 m at 64°: Cayo Gallina (island); 12840 m at 83°: Cayo Guajiro (island); 12920 m at 42°: Cayo Picheles (island); 13650 m at 58°: Cayo Coco (island); 14260 m at 81°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 14280 m at 344°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 14580 m at 20°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island).

Cayo Flamencos: inland

4290 m at 271°: Playa Sierra Morena (settlement); 4430 m at 251°: Sucesores de Hoyos (locality); 4610 m at 257°: Vergara (locality); 5610 m at 259°: Remedios (hamlet); 5780 m at 171°: Cuatro Caminos (settlement); 5860 m at 234°: Las Palmas (hamlet).

Cayo Flamencos: distances

4290 m at 276°: Playa La Fe; 8360 m at 119°: Salinas del Jatal; 9090 m at 252°: Sierra Morena; 73470 m at 137°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 91740 m at 181°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 74520 m at 286°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 33950 m at 119°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Flamencos: close by

2210 m at 76°: Cayo Parguete (cay); 4650 m at 20°: Cayo Triste (cay); 4980 m at 89°: Cayo Tricornia (cay); 5060 m at 66°: Cayo Chino (cay); 6390 m at 49°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 6910 m at 337°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 7320 m at 87°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 7920 m at 71°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 9610 m at 23°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 10040 m at 74°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (cay); 10220 m at 39°: Cayo Frío (cay); 10230 m at 65°: Cayo Negro (cay).

Cayo Flamencos: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 camp sites, 3 schools, 2 farms & plantations, 2 guest houses & hostels, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 salt works, 1 places of worship, 1 fuel stations, 1 theatres & arts, 1 stores & supermarkets.

3920 m at 155°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 4210 m at 269°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 10490 m at 274°: Campismo Ganuza (camp sites); 11310 m at 159°: Casa de la Cultura (theatres & arts); 11340 m at 158°: Parque Rancho Veloz (urban parks & plazas); 11360 m at 158°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 11380 m at 158°: Terminal de Ómnibus Rancho Veloz (stations & terminals); 11640 m at 277°: Campismo El Salto (camp sites); 12860 m at 272°: Horizonte (guest houses & hostels); 12860 m at 272°: Hostal y Restaurante Horizontal (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Flamencos: marine life records

19 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 15 crustaceans, 2 marine mammals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 6.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dynamenella perforata, 2 (crustaceans); Carpias algicola, 2 (crustaceans); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cirolana parva, 1 (crustaceans); Tursiops truncatus, 1 (marine mammals); Mesanthura pulchra, 1 (crustaceans); Machatrium spathulicarpus, 1 (crustaceans); Exosphaeroma productatelson, 1 (crustaceans); Amakusanthura signata, 1 (crustaceans); Apanthuroides millae, 1 (crustaceans); Gnathia virginalis, 1 (crustaceans).

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

Cayo Flamencos: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.