Cayo Iguana

Cayo Iguana: coast and water

840 m at 120°: Ensenada Honda (cove); 2100 m at 185°: Punta Salinitas (point); 4920 m at 322°: Boca de la Bahía de Banes (channel); 5660 m at 84°: Punta Mangle (point); 7060 m at 260°: Punta Playa Manteca (point); 8000 m at 292°: Ensenada Júcaro (cove); 8160 m at 10°: Punta Morales (point); 8350 m at 103°: Punta Manglarito (point); 8710 m at 198°: Punta de Los Cobos (point); 8730 m at 198°: Punta Cigarro (point); 9320 m at 256°: Bahía de Manatí (cove); 10100 m at 320°: Punta Pata Gorda (point); 10160 m at 304°: Bahía de Banes (bay); 10640 m at 291°: Punta Mano Pilón (point); 10990 m at 283°: Ensenada de Lora (estuary); 11730 m at 302°: Punta Macabí (point).

Cayo Iguana: islands

9170 m at 255°: Cayo Largo (island); 9750 m at 314°: Cayo Iguana (island); 13470 m at 160°: Cayo Corúa (island).

Cayo Iguana: inland

1880 m at 17°: Bella Vista (locality); 2140 m at 287°: El Cañon (settlement); 2940 m at 304°: Hermenegildo (hamlet); 3040 m at 282°: La Angostura (locality); 3530 m at 99°: La Gloria (locality); 4660 m at 302°: El Cañón (locality); 5760 m at 113°: La Chiva (locality); 6260 m at 126°: El Ramón (settlement); 7950 m at 289°: El Júcaro (settlement); 8430 m at 98°: Los Baracuteyes (locality); 9330 m at 268°: Los Mamoncillos (settlement); 9870 m at 331°: Cano Once (settlement).

Cayo Iguana: distances

6190 m at 357°: Playa de Morales; 10060 m at 9°: Playa de Puerto Rico; 10350 m at 192°: Guatemala; 71530 m at 265°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 11410 m at 268°: Port of Antilla (port); 99740 m at 195°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 15820 m at 322°: Comité Militar Banes; 28320 m at 327°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo; 39390 m at 146°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Iguana: close by

7440 m at 312°: Cayo Raya (cay); 9160 m at 255°: Cayo Largo (cay); 9740 m at 314°: Isla Iguana (cay); 9740 m at 314°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 11340 m at 260°: La Patana (fishing); 11860 m at 305°: Barco encallado (reef); 11870 m at 259°: Puerto Marítimo (fishing); 13470 m at 160°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 14460 m at 132°: Cayo Saetía (cay); 15300 m at 150°: Isla Makey (cay); 15520 m at 156°: Cayo Madama (cay); 15670 m at 155°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay).

Cayo Iguana: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 factories & works, 7 stations & terminals, 6 coral reefs, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 schools, 6 places of worship, 5 police & fire, 5 government & embassies, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 camp sites.

1690 m at 73°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 5410 m at 315°: Cañón de Banes (attractions); 6110 m at 131°: Muelle de Melilla (stations & terminals); 6760 m at 358°: Campismo Morales (camp sites); 8700 m at 198°: Guatemala (stations & terminals); 9360 m at 257°: Campismo Popular Barrancones (camp sites); 9500 m at 143°: Campamento de Pioneros Cayo Seitía (camp sites); 9590 m at 143°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 9650 m at 193°: ExSuegra de Concy (Obispado) (guest houses & hostels); 9990 m at 189°: Campo de Fútbol Guatemala (stadiums & sport); 10030 m at 190°: Estadio de Béisbol de Guatemala (stadiums & sport); 10280 m at 268°: Casa (guest houses & hostels); 10660 m at 264°: casa de Lisi (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Iguana: marine life records

20 records of 15 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2025: 7 fish, 6 crustaceans, 4 molluscs, 2 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 6.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 4 (crustaceans); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Elops saurus, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 1 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthopleura granulata, 1 (molluscs); Abudefduf saxatilis, 1 (fish); Sphoeroides testudineus, 1 (fish); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs); Schizochilus banesensis, 1 (other); Phyllorhiza punctata, 1 (other); Acanthurus chirurgus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Iguana: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Iguana

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 12 km away.