Cayo Francés

Cayo Francés: coast and water

2180 m at 149°: Punta La Carreta (point); 3400 m at 143°: Ensenada El Puerto (bay); 9370 m at 127°: Punta Cocodrilo (point); 11210 m at 156°: Punta Lugo (point); 13880 m at 148°: Playita Davis (beach); 18190 m at 67°: Playazo Cañada de Las Piedras (beach); 19070 m at 63°: Laguna Zapatico (lagoon); 19290 m at 106°: Cabezo Punta Sucia (reef); 19930 m at 358°: Canalizo de la Guasa (channel); 20440 m at 71°: Playazo de la Yagruma (beach); 20620 m at 108°: Punta Sucia (point); 21290 m at 112°: Ensenada de Punta Sucia (bay); 21630 m at 89°: Playa Roja (beach); 22580 m at 356°: Canalizo La Mata de Coco (channel); 22680 m at 358°: Canalizo La Goletica (channel); 23030 m at 30°: Playa Buenavista (beach).

Cayo Francés: islands

530 m at 192°: Cayo Buch (island); 9390 m at 127°: Cayo Cocodrilos (island); 15130 m at 120°: Cayería Los Boquerones (island group); 18890 m at 118°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 20810 m at 357°: Cayos los Indios (island group); 25090 m at 31°: Cayo Mangle (island).

Cayo Francés: inland

17310 m at 146°: Cocodrilo (settlement); 18120 m at 68°: Los Indios (stream); 18900 m at 62°: Majagua (stream); 20150 m at 83°: Itabo (stream); 20370 m at 43°: Soldado (stream); 21230 m at 46°: Casa de Botes (hamlet); 21750 m at 122°: Villares (locality); 23380 m at 93°: Mina Lela (mine); 23680 m at 90°: Siguanea (settlement); 24470 m at 138°: Jorobado (locality); 25430 m at 58°: El Hatillo (locality); 26120 m at 32°: Pino (stream).

Cayo Francés: distances

21630 m at 89°: Playa Roja; 23500 m at 30°: Playa Buenavista; 31890 m at 50°: La Demajagua; 47990 m at 62°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 157990 m at 17°: Port of Mariel (port); 167420 m at 90°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 8750 m at 140°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés.

Cayo Francés: close by

360 m at 85°: Punta Francés (reef); 520 m at 193°: Cayo Buch (cay); 4190 m at 151°: Cabezo de Moya (reef); 9390 m at 127°: Cayo Cocodrilos (cay); 15130 m at 120°: Cayería Los Boquerones (island group); 18890 m at 118°: Cayo Los Pájaros (cay); 19290 m at 106°: Cabezo Punta Sucia (reef); 19880 m at 83°: Perca (reef); 20810 m at 357°: Cayos los Indios (island group).

Cayo Francés: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves, 1 attractions.

8750 m at 140°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés (parks & reserves); 9620 m at 75°: pesquero mío (attractions).

Cayo Francés: marine life records

955 records of 171 species within 10 km, 1919 to 2017: 425 fish, 241 corals, 210 sponges, 33 crustaceans, 24 seagrass and algae, 18 other, 1 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals, 1 turtles. That is 304.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 56 (sponges); Siderastrea siderea, 36 (corals); Agelas sceptrum, 35 (sponges); Millepora complanata, 32 (corals); Scarus iseri, 31 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 29 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 29 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 24 (fish); Porites astreoides, 23 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 20 (corals).

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

Cayo Francés: notes

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