Cayo Hicacos

Cayo Hicacos: coast and water

3900 m at 66°: Canalizo Campos (channel); 13010 m at 320°: Pasa Benedicto (channel); 20570 m at 319°: Pasa de Flores (channel); 25940 m at 259°: Quebrado de los Corrales (reef); 26460 m at 296°: Boca Oriental de la Ciénaga (cove); 26510 m at 88°: Laguna de Cantiles (lagoon); 26680 m at 259°: Punta La Siguaneita (point); 26740 m at 75°: Punta Los Muertos (point).

Cayo Hicacos: islands

6660 m at 80°: Cayo Campos (island); 10330 m at 46°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 15920 m at 335°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 17340 m at 272°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 19760 m at 78°: Cayo Punta del Canto (island); 20150 m at 302°: Cayo Guayabo (island); 21390 m at 83°: Cayo del Perro (island); 21470 m at 309°: Cayo Costilla (island); 21960 m at 315°: Cayo Vivero (island); 23360 m at 309°: Cayo Balandra (island); 32610 m at 76°: Cayo Ron (island); 36360 m at 64°: Cayo La Palma (island).

Cayo Hicacos: inland

24020 m at 262°: Seboruco (locality); 25250 m at 279°: Cerro de Punta del Este (locality); 25510 m at 271°: Caridad del Cerro (locality); 30200 m at 288°: La Noria (locality); 30680 m at 271°: Palma Alta (locality); 32560 m at 264°: Trinidad de Palma Alta (locality).

Cayo Hicacos: distances

36920 m at 256°: Playa Larga; 44860 m at 297°: Santa Fe; 46040 m at 307°: Júcaro; 52390 m at 305°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 163500 m at 346°: Port of Mariel (port); 82620 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Hicacos: close by

6100 m at 33°: Cayo Palma (cay); 6370 m at 276°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 6660 m at 80°: Cayo Campos (cay); 6870 m at 347°: Cayo Coco (cay); 7430 m at 274°: Cayo Matías (cay); 9980 m at 330°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 10330 m at 46°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 12470 m at 312°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 15930 m at 335°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 16270 m at 83°: Cayos Aguardiente (island group); 17340 m at 272°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 18350 m at 269°: Cueva de Punta del Este (site).

Cayo Hicacos: marine life records

2298 records of 131 species within 10 km, 1962 to 2017: 1202 fish, 954 corals, 124 sponges, 14 crustaceans, 3 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 731.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 145 (corals); Acropora palmata, 117 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 116 (fish); Scarus iseri, 115 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 95 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 89 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 89 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 72 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 71 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 70 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 66 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 62 (fish).

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

Cayo Hicacos: notes

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