Cayo García

Cayo García: coast and water

200 m at 152°: Ensenada La García (cove); 360 m at 337°: Laguna Las Garzas (lagoon); 880 m at 200°: Punta Buena Vista (point); 1060 m at 275°: Ensenada de Matahambre (cove); 1220 m at 163°: Punta García (point); 1500 m at 297°: Estero San Vicente (cove); 1780 m at 229°: Punta Vicente (point); 2260 m at 244°: Punta Maja (point).

Cayo García: islands

380 m at 211°: Cayo Rojo (island); 790 m at 223°: Cayo del Medio (island); 830 m at 216°: Cayo Puchi (island); 1500 m at 297°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 1610 m at 276°: Cayo Blanco (island); 2130 m at 243°: Cayo Almeja (island); 3120 m at 273°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 4280 m at 242°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 4640 m at 248°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 5330 m at 249°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 6940 m at 292°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 6940 m at 292°: Cayuelo Alonso (island).

Cayo García: inland

2360 m at 132°: Augusto César Sandino (settlement); 2470 m at 220°: La Plata (stream); 2750 m at 77°: Salado (stream); 2970 m at 307°: Vaquería Número 337 (ranch); 3180 m at 101°: Dos Hermanos (locality); 3280 m at 39°: Terraplén (locality).

Cayo García: distances

1810 m at 187°: Cabañas; 4980 m at 240°: Playa La Luisa; 11470 m at 67°: Playa Boca Ciega; 52320 m at 90°: José Martí International Airport ; 17430 m at 91°: Port of Mariel (port); 44090 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 15900 m at 202°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo García: close by

380 m at 211°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 790 m at 223°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 830 m at 216°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 1510 m at 297°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 1610 m at 275°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 2130 m at 243°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 3130 m at 273°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 4280 m at 242°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 4640 m at 248°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 5330 m at 249°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 6940 m at 291°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 6940 m at 291°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo García: on and around

Within 15 km: 21 factories & works, 11 mines & quarries, 9 guest houses & hostels, 9 farms & plantations, 6 coral reefs, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 schools, 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 fuel stations, 3 stations & terminals.

1680 m at 185°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 2050 m at 195°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 2470 m at 358°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 2480 m at 183°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 9270 m at 98°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 10030 m at 138°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 10700 m at 104°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 10860 m at 274°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 10900 m at 195°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 10910 m at 75°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 12050 m at 206°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 13140 m at 93°: Terminal Intermodal Angosta (stations & terminals); 13190 m at 93°: Angosta ZED Mariel (stations & terminals).

Cayo García: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 559 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 100 sponges, 98 seagrass and algae, 76 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 sharks and rays, 20 marine mammals, 2 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 5 (other); Xiphias gladius, 5 (fish); Lecithochirium musculus, 5 (other); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 4 (other); Aponurus laguncula, 4 (other); Apharyngostrigea cornu, 4 (other); Parorchis acanthus, 4 (other); Echinochasmus schwartzi, 4 (other); Calliostoma pulchrum, 3 (molluscs); Renicola glandoloba, 3 (other); Ptilocaulis aulopora, 3 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 3 (corals).

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

Cayo García: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo García

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 6.4 km away.