Cayo Lanzanillo

Cayo Lanzanillo: coast and water

4900 m at 318°: Punta Las Lavanderas (point); 5190 m at 241°: Canalizo Monte Seco (channel); 6100 m at 234°: Punta de Versagua (point); 7840 m at 111°: Punta La Tocinera (point); 8840 m at 292°: Punta de Piedra (point); 12050 m at 247°: Bahía de Novillo (bay); 14910 m at 280°: Boca El Serón (channel); 15340 m at 183°: Laguna La Pajarera (lagoon).

Cayo Lanzanillo: islands

3990 m at 243°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 6370 m at 170°: Cayo Isidoro (island); 7560 m at 149°: Cayo Alto (island); 11640 m at 132°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 12930 m at 112°: Cayo Pajonal (island); 13760 m at 264°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 15820 m at 256°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 16310 m at 130°: Cayo Marcos (island); 16710 m at 278°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 17670 m at 286°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 19510 m at 135°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (island); 20880 m at 289°: Cayo de la Cruz (island).

Cayo Lanzanillo: inland

10150 m at 203°: Dolores (locality); 15770 m at 241°: Playa Uvero (settlement); 16910 m at 188°: Estero de Granadillo (locality); 19240 m at 163°: Playa Emilio Córdova (settlement); 19710 m at 214°: Dos Amigos (settlement); 19930 m at 213°: Fletes (locality).

Cayo Lanzanillo: distances

15530 m at 230°: Playa Piñón; 19290 m at 162°: Playa Nazábal; 20180 m at 251°: Playa Colorado; 51430 m at 197°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109510 m at 217°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 111140 m at 218°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 37720 m at 251°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Lanzanillo: close by

3260 m at 109°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 3910 m at 71°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 3990 m at 243°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 4130 m at 75°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 5170 m at 337°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 5210 m at 142°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 5830 m at 264°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 5890 m at 225°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 6370 m at 170°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 6390 m at 299°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 7210 m at 284°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 7560 m at 149°: Cayo Alto (cay).

Cayo Lanzanillo: marine life records

800 records of 154 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2017: 315 fish, 265 sponges, 216 corals, 4 other. That is 254.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 64 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 40 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 36 (corals); Stichopathes, 30 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 26 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 21 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 21 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 21 (fish); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 21 (sponges); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 17 (fish); Acropora palmata, 16 (corals).

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

Cayo Lanzanillo: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.