Cayo La Sucia

Cayo La Sucia: coast and water

530 m at 298°: Punta Fomento (point); 680 m at 270°: Punta Vianda (point); 740 m at 19°: Canal de Cayo Sucio (channel); 1120 m at 218°: Ensenada de San Claudio (bay); 1180 m at 35°: Bahía de Cabañas (bay); 1200 m at 353°: Canal de Cabañas (channel); 1360 m at 67°: Punta Los Indios (point); 1380 m at 330°: Punta Fuerte Reina Amalia (point).

Cayo La Sucia: islands

700 m at 76°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 1210 m at 95°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 2780 m at 43°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 3230 m at 74°: Cayo Almeja (island); 3920 m at 288°: Cayo Negrito (island); 3950 m at 59°: Cayo Blanco (island); 4460 m at 55°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 4640 m at 74°: Cayo del Medio (island); 4650 m at 342°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 4660 m at 75°: Cayo Puchi (island); 5050 m at 72°: Cayo Rojo (island); 5340 m at 69°: Cayo García (island).

Cayo La Sucia: inland

940 m at 159°: Silvio Caro (settlement); 1450 m at 133°: Navarrete (settlement); 2520 m at 221°: San Claudio (stream); 3400 m at 15°: Constante (locality); 3400 m at 90°: La Plata (stream); 3830 m at 107°: Blanquita (locality).

Cayo La Sucia: distances

960 m at 133°: Playa La Luisa; 4770 m at 89°: Cabañas; 16800 m at 68°: Playa Boca Ciega; 57330 m at 89°: José Martí International Airport ; 22470 m at 86°: Port of Mariel (port); 49400 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 12950 m at 184°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo La Sucia: close by

700 m at 76°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 1210 m at 95°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 2770 m at 42°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 3230 m at 74°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 3870 m at 273°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 3910 m at 288°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 3950 m at 59°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 4460 m at 55°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 4640 m at 74°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 4650 m at 342°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 4650 m at 342°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay); 4660 m at 75°: Cayo Puchi (cay).

Cayo La Sucia: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 attractions, 7 guest houses & hostels, 7 coral reefs, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 schools, 4 stores & supermarkets, 4 mines & quarries, 3 farms & plantations, 2 historic & heritage, 2 clinics & polyclinics.

4450 m at 91°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 4860 m at 88°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 4890 m at 97°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 6380 m at 294°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 6560 m at 49°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 8960 m at 182°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 8970 m at 165°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 11060 m at 226°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11720 m at 179°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 12630 m at 164°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes); 12950 m at 184°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario (parks & reserves); 14560 m at 150°: Villa Duque (guest houses & hostels); 14570 m at 149°: Casa La Estrella (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo La Sucia: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 560 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 99 sponges, 98 seagrass and algae, 76 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 sharks and rays, 20 marine mammals, 2 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 5 (other); Xiphias gladius, 5 (fish); Lecithochirium musculus, 5 (other); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 4 (other); Aponurus laguncula, 4 (other); Apharyngostrigea cornu, 4 (other); Parorchis acanthus, 4 (other); Echinochasmus schwartzi, 4 (other); Calliostoma pulchrum, 3 (molluscs); Renicola glandoloba, 3 (other); Ptilocaulis aulopora, 3 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 3 (corals).

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

Cayo La Sucia: notes

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

Getting to Cayo La Sucia

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 2.5 km away.