Cayo Huevo

Cayo Huevo: coast and water

910 m at 11°: Caleta las Tunalitas (bay); 2350 m at 231°: Punta Hicacos (point); 4230 m at 257°: Punta Purgatorio (point); 4370 m at 275°: Laguna Seca (lagoon); 5060 m at 79°: Punta Tiburcio (point); 5610 m at 78°: Ensenada Clemente (cove); 6580 m at 232°: Punta Brava (point); 7380 m at 81°: Ensenada Piojo (cove); 7850 m at 87°: Portillito (point); 9700 m at 355°: Vegas del Purial (estuary); 9850 m at 240°: Ensenada de las Puercas (cove); 10070 m at 84°: Punta Farallones (point); 10550 m at 88°: Puerto Portillo (bay); 10570 m at 79°: Punta Medio (point); 13070 m at 88°: Punta Piedras (point); 14380 m at 248°: Punta Monje (point).

Cayo Huevo: islands

960 m at 65°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 1800 m at 81°: Cayo Blanco (island); 2650 m at 279°: Cayo Purgatorio (island); 3810 m at 257°: Cayo Redondo (island).

Cayo Huevo: inland

2420 m at 21°: Arroyo Aguada (stream); 2640 m at 81°: Arroyo Tiburcio (stream); 2680 m at 351°: Saturnino (settlement); 3450 m at 49°: Loma Aguada (mountain); 4200 m at 348°: Loma Purgatorio (mountain); 4960 m at 19°: Boniato (settlement); 5990 m at 47°: Lomas de Portillo (hills); 6790 m at 276°: Estrada (settlement); 6940 m at 242°: Gran Rincón (locality); 7140 m at 5°: Limoncito de Purial (settlement); 7350 m at 338°: Los Corrales (settlement); 7990 m at 30°: Ramón del Portillo (settlement).

Cayo Huevo: distances

3200 m at 288°: Pilón; 31440 m at 331°: Media Luna; 34310 m at 299°: Niquero; 48540 m at 26°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 148840 m at 87°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 148050 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 24100 m at 266°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayo Huevo: close by

960 m at 65°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 1800 m at 81°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 2640 m at 279°: Cayo Purgatorio (cay); 3810 m at 257°: Cayo Redondo (cay).

Cayo Huevo: on and around

Within 15 km: 18 guest houses & hostels, 8 coral reefs, 7 schools, 6 places of worship, 6 government & embassies, 3 attractions, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 urban parks & plazas, 2 garages & car services.

2580 m at 357°: Mirador (attractions); 3080 m at 281°: Embarcadero de Pilón (attractions); 3500 m at 288°: Casa Museo Celia Sánchez Manduley (museums); 3620 m at 293°: Complejo Sierra Maestra (stadiums & sport); 3720 m at 291°: Hotel sol Caribe (guest houses & hostels); 3730 m at 294°: Casa Lidia (guest houses & hostels); 3810 m at 285°: Cine (theatres & arts); 3820 m at 285°: Terminal de Ómnibus Pilón (stations & terminals); 3830 m at 286°: Parque Central de Pilón (urban parks & plazas); 3860 m at 288°: Casa Humberto (guest houses & hostels); 5790 m at 267°: Parque de Avestruces (attractions); 6370 m at 78°: Jardín de Cactus (urban parks & plazas); 10680 m at 354°: Cinco Palmas (museums).

Cayo Huevo: marine life records

93 records of 84 species within 10 km, 1877 to 2016: 67 molluscs, 6 fish, 5 sponges, 5 crustaceans, 4 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 marine mammals, 1 corals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 other, 1 echinoderms. That is 29.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Prunum guttatum, 2 (molluscs); Lychnocystis superstes, 2 (sponges); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Codakia orbicularis, 2 (molluscs); Turbo castanea, 2 (molluscs); Cyrtaulon sigsbeei, 2 (sponges); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pyramidellidae, 2 (molluscs); Laevicardium serratum, 1 (molluscs); Strongylura timucu, 1 (fish); Lucina pensylvanica, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Huevo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.