Cays & islands · Matanzas
Cayo la Muerte
Cayo la Muerte is a cay at 23°09′57″N 80°52′46″W in Matanzas province.
Cayo la Muerte: coast and water
990 m at 163°: Ensenada de Cayo La Muerte (cove); 2980 m at 66°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 5440 m at 13°: Canalizo Barbanera (channel); 6350 m at 128°: Estero de Huevo Frito (lagoon); 8870 m at 355°: Canal Melón (channel); 10220 m at 65°: Canalizo La Empalizada (channel); 11470 m at 158°: Playa Musulmanes (beach); 12110 m at 349°: Pasa Cruz del Padre (channel).
Cayo la Muerte: islands
3730 m at 220°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 4750 m at 294°: Cayo Palomo (island); 5550 m at 67°: Cayo Cedro (island); 6930 m at 20°: Cayo Boca Rompida (island); 8450 m at 4°: Cayo Galindo (island); 10810 m at 98°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 11790 m at 344°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (island); 11950 m at 91°: Cayo Largo (island); 14520 m at 247°: Cayuelo Grande (island); 16430 m at 77°: Cayo Punta Arenas (island); 17550 m at 110°: Cayos Inglés (island group); 17940 m at 276°: Cayo Romero (island).
Cayo la Muerte: inland
12010 m at 187°: La Palma (stream); 13030 m at 143°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 15530 m at 152°: Menéndez (locality); 15850 m at 169°: Guerrero (locality); 15940 m at 150°: Conconí (hamlet); 16070 m at 150°: Balnearios Menéndez (settlement).
Cayo la Muerte: distances
11470 m at 158°: Playa Musulmanes; 14490 m at 133°: Salinas La Teja; 16550 m at 122°: Salinas Bidos; 58700 m at 256°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 71790 m at 260°: Port of Matanzas (port); 25820 m at 269°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).
Protected: 15760 m at 305°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 28140 m at 276°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 28390 m at 277°: Varahicacos.
Cayo la Muerte: close by
3190 m at 328°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 3310 m at 330°: Cayo Partido (cay); 3690 m at 52°: Cayo Hornilla (cay); 3730 m at 220°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 4360 m at 282°: Cayo Factor (cay); 4450 m at 304°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 4480 m at 286°: Cayo Perro (cay); 4550 m at 301°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 4750 m at 294°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 5100 m at 320°: Cayo Melón (cay); 5250 m at 318°: Cayo Dama (cay); 5550 m at 67°: Cayo Cedro (cay).
Cayo la Muerte: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs, 1 attractions, 1 salt works.
12740 m at 285°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions).
Cayo la Muerte: marine life records
40 records of 38 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2013: 34 molluscs, 3 marine mammals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 corals, 1 fish. That is 12.7 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 3 (marine mammals); Tonna pennata, 1 (molluscs); Cerithideopsis, 1 (molluscs); Melampus monile, 1 (molluscs); Melampus bidentatus, 1 (molluscs); Dendropoma corrodens, 1 (molluscs); Johnsonella fausta, 1 (molluscs); Pusula pediculus, 1 (molluscs); Fissurella barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Eoacmaea pustulata, 1 (molluscs); Barbatia cancellaria, 1 (molluscs); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).
Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 1, Aug 1, Dec 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo la Muerte: notes
A cay can lie inside a protected area.
Getting to Cayo la Muerte
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 13 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.