Cayo Galindito

Cayo Galindito: coast and water

2150 m at 232°: Canal Melón (channel); 3200 m at 155°: Punta Empalizada (point); 3330 m at 213°: Canalizo Las Bocainas (channel); 5570 m at 238°: Ensenada El Fogón (cove); 9130 m at 169°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 10240 m at 125°: Canalizo La Empalizada (channel); 11020 m at 152°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 11650 m at 185°: Punta El Factor (point).

Cayo Galindito: islands

7520 m at 214°: Cayo Melón (island); 7650 m at 274°: Cayo La Pluma (island); 7650 m at 215°: Cayo Dama (island); 7910 m at 199°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 8970 m at 152°: Cayo Cedro (island); 10210 m at 185°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 11690 m at 261°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group); 13070 m at 265°: Cayo Blanco (island); 13440 m at 194°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 14340 m at 222°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (island); 17540 m at 113°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 17900 m at 248°: Cayos Careneros (island group).

Cayo Galindito: inland

21780 m at 157°: La Teja (settlement); 22010 m at 149°: Meteoro (stream); 24330 m at 167°: Casualidad (hamlet); 24400 m at 157°: Bolaños (settlement); 25270 m at 158°: Valdivieso (settlement); 25390 m at 147°: Los Alemanes (locality).

Cayo Galindito: distances

21060 m at 171°: Playa Musulmanes; 22220 m at 154°: Salinas La Teja; 23060 m at 146°: Salinas Bidos; 62860 m at 247°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 75160 m at 252°: Port of Matanzas (port); 28810 m at 248°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 13840 m at 266°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 29740 m at 256°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 29900 m at 257°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Galindito: close by

1770 m at 193°: Cayo Galindo (cay); 3930 m at 158°: Cayo Boca Rompida (cay); 4400 m at 285°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (cay); 5260 m at 234°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (cay); 7460 m at 246°: Cayo el Sombrero (cay); 7520 m at 214°: Cayo Melón (cay); 7650 m at 274°: Cayo La Pluma (cay); 7650 m at 215°: Cayo Dama (cay); 7750 m at 200°: Cayo Partido (cay); 7910 m at 199°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 8140 m at 166°: Cayo Hornilla (cay); 8660 m at 297°: Arrecife Lavanderas de Afuera (reef).

Cayo Galindito: on and around

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

13840 m at 266°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves); 14860 m at 243°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions).

Cayo Galindito: marine life records

709 records of 150 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2017: 336 fish, 208 corals, 113 sponges, 32 molluscs, 9 other, 9 echinoderms, 2 marine mammals. That is 225.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 37 (corals); Demospongiae, 32 (sponges); Acanthurus coeruleus, 27 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 23 (fish); Scarus iseri, 21 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 21 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 21 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 19 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 16 (corals); Iciligorgia schrammi, 16 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 15 (fish).

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

Cayo Galindito: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Galindito

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 4.1 km away.