Cayo La Espera

Cayo La Espera: coast and water

3950 m at 356°: Ensenada de Cordera (bay); 4890 m at 171°: Pasa Guajaba (channel); 5160 m at 108°: Boca Guajaba (inlet); 5520 m at 349°: Punta de Cocos (point); 9600 m at 126°: Laguna de la Salina (lagoon); 9700 m at 172°: Ensenada de Loma Chica (cove); 13820 m at 338°: Estero Garzones (estuary); 19570 m at 189°: Punta Tres Palmas (point).

Cayo La Espera: islands

2760 m at 282°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island); 3080 m at 249°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (islet); 11050 m at 222°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 13460 m at 266°: Jibaro (island group); 14160 m at 243°: Cayo Cucubao (island); 15150 m at 139°: Cayo Guajaba (island); 18190 m at 320°: Cayo Madera (island); 19170 m at 350°: Cayo Verde (island); 19740 m at 320°: Cayo Largo (island); 21810 m at 322°: Cayo Estanislao (island); 22750 m at 323°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 24940 m at 137°: Cayo Guao (island).

Cayo La Espera: inland

7650 m at 124°: La Bodega (hamlet); 16820 m at 141°: Loma Los Hornos (hill); 19580 m at 200°: Puerto Piloto (settlement); 19640 m at 201°: Piloto (hamlet); 21170 m at 221°: Guanaja Embarcadero (settlement); 21600 m at 220°: Arroyo Soledad (stream).

Cayo La Espera: distances

18930 m at 228°: Playa Guanaja; 19650 m at 199°: Playa Piloto; 26170 m at 300°: Cayo Romano; 63480 m at 202°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 57410 m at 140°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 129270 m at 303°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo La Espera: close by

1550 m at 33°: Cayo Anconcito (cay); 2170 m at 145°: Cayo Ancón (cay); 2750 m at 282°: Cayo Las Casimbas (cay); 3090 m at 249°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (cay); 3710 m at 117°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 3920 m at 177°: Cayo La Alegría (cay); 6470 m at 197°: Cayo Toro (cay); 8620 m at 221°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 9020 m at 225°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (cay); 9190 m at 208°: Cayo Sardina (cay); 9400 m at 214°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 11050 m at 222°: Cayo Eusebio (cay).

Cayo La Espera: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 coral reefs, 1 peaks & volcanoes.

10040 m at 339°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo La Espera: marine life records

313 records of 52 species within 10 km, 1907 to 2001: 166 fish, 146 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 99.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 26 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 25 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 20 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 12 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 11 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 10 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 10 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 10 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 10 (corals).

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

Cayo La Espera: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.