Cayo Hornilla

Cayo Hornilla: coast and water

3650 m at 121°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 4150 m at 219°: Ensenada de Cayo La Muerte (cove); 4710 m at 218°: Punta El Factor (point); 5550 m at 344°: Boca Rompida (channel); 7520 m at 331°: Canal Melón (channel); 7950 m at 344°: Punta Galindo (point); 10930 m at 332°: Pasa Cruz del Padre (channel); 12080 m at 229°: Canalizo del Genovés (channel).

Cayo Hornilla: islands

4280 m at 353°: Cayo Boca Rompida (island); 6610 m at 272°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 7310 m at 259°: Cayo Factor (island); 7380 m at 226°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 8130 m at 346°: Cayo Galindito (island); 11850 m at 256°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (island); 14200 m at 86°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 15880 m at 121°: Cayos Inglés (island group); 16490 m at 295°: Cayo Blanco (island); 16580 m at 287°: Cayos Blancos (island group); 16640 m at 275°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Blanco (island); 16670 m at 114°: Cayo Rioja (island).

Cayo Hornilla: inland

15100 m at 140°: Lagunitas (locality); 16260 m at 152°: Aurora (hamlet); 16350 m at 143°: Las Barrancas (locality); 16410 m at 153°: Bolaños (settlement); 16840 m at 162°: Conconí (hamlet); 17220 m at 151°: Veintiocho de Octubre (settlement).

Cayo Hornilla: distances

12970 m at 174°: Playa Musulmanes; 14350 m at 147°: Salinas La Teja; 15690 m at 135°: Salinas Bidos; 62100 m at 254°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 75080 m at 259°: Port of Matanzas (port); 28870 m at 264°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 17190 m at 293°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 30890 m at 272°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 31120 m at 272°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Hornilla: close by

2190 m at 92°: Cayo Cedro (cay); 3690 m at 232°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 4270 m at 353°: Cayo Boca Rompida (cay); 4620 m at 277°: Cayo Partido (cay); 4630 m at 275°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 6390 m at 285°: Cayo Melón (cay); 6600 m at 339°: Cayo Galindo (cay); 6610 m at 272°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 6610 m at 284°: Cayo Dama (cay); 6830 m at 270°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 7270 m at 267°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 7290 m at 262°: Cayo Perro (cay).

Cayo Hornilla: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 salt works.

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Cayo Hornilla: marine life records

38 records of 37 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2013: 34 molluscs, 2 marine mammals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 corals. That is 12.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 2 (marine mammals); Tonna pennata, 1 (molluscs); Cerithideopsis, 1 (molluscs); Melampus monile, 1 (molluscs); Melampus bidentatus, 1 (molluscs); Dendropoma corrodens, 1 (molluscs); Johnsonella fausta, 1 (molluscs); Pusula pediculus, 1 (molluscs); Fissurella barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Eoacmaea pustulata, 1 (molluscs); Barbatia cancellaria, 1 (molluscs); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Cayo Hornilla: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Hornilla

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 12 km away.