Cayo Iguana

Cayo Iguana: coast and water

1080 m at 27°: Punta Pata Gorda (point); 2730 m at 149°: Punta Júcaro (point); 3760 m at 186°: Ensenada Júcaro (cove); 4210 m at 207°: Punta Piedra (point); 4540 m at 219°: Ensenada Jamaica (cove); 6420 m at 115°: Ensenada Caracolillo (cove); 6750 m at 95°: Playa de Morales (beach); 7120 m at 119°: Punta Manolito (point); 7970 m at 179°: Punta Playa Manteca (point); 9140 m at 157°: Punta Negra (point); 9150 m at 69°: Playa de Puerto Rico (beach); 9680 m at 148°: Ensenada Hermenegildo (bay); 10640 m at 210°: Bahía Corojal (bay); 12400 m at 213°: Punta Cedro (point); 13680 m at 211°: Playa Oliver (beach); 14610 m at 136°: Punta Verraco (point).

Cayo Iguana: islands

9350 m at 191°: Cayo Largo (island); 9750 m at 134°: Cayo Iguana (island).

Cayo Iguana: inland

2930 m at 273°: Macabí (settlement); 2980 m at 50°: Cano Once (settlement); 3260 m at 352°: Camacho (settlement); 3700 m at 261°: Arroyo Santa Justa (stream); 4390 m at 297°: Río Banes (stream); 4400 m at 273°: Tasajeras (stream); 4450 m at 66°: Cano Doce (settlement); 4520 m at 28°: Lajitas (settlement); 4830 m at 311°: Banes South (airfield); 5010 m at 358°: Bruno Número Dos (locality); 5260 m at 144°: El Cañón (locality); 6700 m at 193°: La Cuchilla (settlement).

Cayo Iguana: distances

3470 m at 273°: Macabí; 4510 m at 228°: Playa Pilón; 5330 m at 219°: Playa Jamaica; 65530 m at 258°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 8440 m at 211°: Port of Antilla (port); 104770 m at 190°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 6350 m at 335°: Comité Militar Banes; 18940 m at 333°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo.

Cayo Iguana: close by

10 m at 98°: Isla Iguana (cay); 2330 m at 141°: Cayo Raya (cay); 2620 m at 273°: Barco encallado (reef); 9350 m at 191°: Cayo Largo (cay); 9620 m at 205°: La Patana (fishing); 9740 m at 134°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 10070 m at 207°: Puerto Marítimo (fishing); 11990 m at 266°: Sitio de pesca (fishing); 13710 m at 261°: Sitio de pesca (fishing); 14250 m at 261°: Presa Desengaño (fishing); 15290 m at 208°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 16680 m at 206°: Cayo Yuraguanal (cay).

Cayo Iguana: on and around

Within 15 km: 78 farms & plantations, 33 schools, 26 stores & supermarkets, 21 factories & works, 18 government & embassies, 17 clinics & polyclinics, 15 places of worship, 15 guest houses & hostels, 10 stadiums & sport, 8 urban parks & plazas.

2970 m at 278°: Macabí (stations & terminals); 3130 m at 268°: Anclaje de Botes (stations & terminals); 4340 m at 132°: Cañón de Banes (attractions); 5360 m at 179°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 5400 m at 217°: Campismo Popular Antillita (camp sites); 5740 m at 338°: Casa de Bebé y Pipí (guest houses & hostels); 5890 m at 351°: Mariana Grajales (urban parks & plazas); 6010 m at 347°: Casa de Rentas (guest houses & hostels); 6070 m at 335°: Luis Ramiro Fernández Rubio (guest houses & hostels); 6160 m at 345°: Estadio de Béisbol Thelmo Esperance (stadiums & sport); 6350 m at 335°: Comité Militar Banes (parks & reserves); 6350 m at 335°: Parque Antonio Maceo (urban parks & plazas); 6490 m at 343°: Estadio de Fútbol (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Iguana: marine life records

17 records of 12 species within 10 km, 1911 to 2017: 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 other, 3 molluscs, 1 fish. That is 5.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Eoacmaea pustulata, 2 (molluscs); Limia vittata, 1 (fish); Tringa semipalmata, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Rynchops niger, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Schizochilus atlanticus, 1 (other); Schizochilus banesensis, 1 (other); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Stylommatophora, 1 (molluscs); Phonorhynchopsis sublinguatus, 1 (other).

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

Cayo Iguana: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.