Cayo Juan Griego

Cayo Juan Griego: coast and water

2360 m at 125°: Pasa Nueva Los Griegos (channel); 8070 m at 225°: Laguna La Picúa (lagoon); 8850 m at 249°: La Playita Militar (beach); 9940 m at 204°: Laguna Ciega (lagoon); 12100 m at 133°: Punta El Guincho (point); 13840 m at 57°: Boca de los Paredones (channel); 14250 m at 131°: Lagunato de Judas (lagoon); 15620 m at 52°: Punta La Harina (point).

Cayo Juan Griego: islands

7660 m at 121°: Cayo La Higuereta (island); 9410 m at 6°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 13450 m at 97°: Cayo Lajiales de Judas (island); 14630 m at 17°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 16340 m at 89°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 17330 m at 319°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 17580 m at 86°: Cayo Puta (island); 20990 m at 7°: Cayo Coco Island (island); 22220 m at 315°: Cayo Salina (islet); 24300 m at 246°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 24840 m at 87°: Cayo Alto de Juan Saez (island); 25360 m at 56°: Cayos Las Auras (island).

Cayo Juan Griego: inland

7100 m at 177°: La Tinaja Grande (locality); 9180 m at 167°: Casimbas de la Tasajera (locality); 12610 m at 308°: Punta Blanca (airfield); 14680 m at 240°: El Holandés (settlement); 14870 m at 239°: Zarzal (hamlet); 15480 m at 225°: Laguna La Redonda (lake).

Cayo Juan Griego: distances

28580 m at 158°: Bolivia; 28850 m at 219°: Morón; 29760 m at 228°: Las Charcas; 20800 m at 38°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 149520 m at 124°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 37200 m at 324°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 20040 m at 341°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Juan Griego: close by

5630 m at 106°: Cayos del Canal Nuevo (island group); 6200 m at 26°: Cayo Largo La Salina (cay); 7670 m at 121°: Cayo La Higuereta (cay); 7880 m at 142°: Cayo de Los Tratantes (cay); 8240 m at 140°: Cayo las Piedras de Momito (cay); 9410 m at 6°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 9870 m at 354°: Cayo Sombrero (cay); 12160 m at 44°: Cayos Largo el Coco (cay); 12210 m at 44°: Cayo Largo El Coco (cay); 13450 m at 97°: Cayo Lajiales de Judas (cay); 14630 m at 17°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 14650 m at 92°: Cayo Alto (cay).

Cayo Juan Griego: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 police & fire, 1 schools, 1 post offices, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 factories & works, 1 garages & car services, 1 mines & quarries.

10560 m at 243°: Casa de Lubis y Fello (guest houses & hostels); 10580 m at 252°: La Loma (peaks & volcanoes); 10890 m at 240°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 14350 m at 264°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cayo Juan Griego: marine life records

51 records of 19 species within 10 km, 2000 to 2025: 49 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 16.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna sandvicensis, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Mergus serrator, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 5, Mar 8, May 1, Sep 1, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Juan Griego: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.