Cayo Limón

Cayo Limón: coast and water

830 m at 110°: Punta Gorda (point); 2850 m at 49°: Punta Arroyón (point); 3240 m at 101°: Rompe Esquina (point); 3560 m at 239°: Punta Yarey (point); 3560 m at 301°: Ensenada Hoya (cove); 4090 m at 226°: Bahía Arroyo Blanco (bay); 4580 m at 283°: Bahía de Cajimaya (bay); 5710 m at 261°: Punta Felton (point).

Cayo Limón: islands

1900 m at 167°: Cayo Ratón (island); 2450 m at 90°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 3560 m at 239°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 3560 m at 239°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 3710 m at 180°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 3730 m at 241°: Cayo Madama (islet); 4320 m at 115°: Cayo Grande (island); 5060 m at 267°: Cayo Corúa (island); 5380 m at 134°: Cayo Lechuza (island); 5690 m at 137°: Cayo Santillana (island); 6790 m at 145°: Cayo Tortuga (island).

Cayo Limón: inland

5070 m at 333°: Villa Cayo Saetia (hotel); 5640 m at 90°: Seitia (locality); 6130 m at 270°: Felton (settlement); 6270 m at 218°: Arroyo Blanco (stream); 6500 m at 270°: Arias (settlement); 6940 m at 90°: Carbonero (settlement).

Cayo Limón: distances

6060 m at 184°: Nicaro-Levisa; 6080 m at 270°: Felton; 9780 m at 84°: Corinthia Beach; 81100 m at 274°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 24160 m at 299°: Port of Antilla (port); 91180 m at 203°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 23790 m at 149°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 31490 m at 322°: Comité Militar Banes; 39080 m at 224°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.

Cayo Limón: close by

1900 m at 167°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 2170 m at 246°: Isla Makey (cay); 2460 m at 90°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 3010 m at 23°: Cayo Saetía (cay); 3550 m at 239°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 3550 m at 239°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay); 3710 m at 180°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 3720 m at 241°: Cayo Madama (cay); 4320 m at 115°: Cayo Grande (cay); 5060 m at 267°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 5380 m at 134°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 5690 m at 137°: Cayo Santillana (cay).

Cayo Limón: on and around

Within 15 km: 10 guest houses & hostels, 8 schools, 8 coral reefs, 7 mines & quarries, 6 police & fire, 5 places of worship, 5 stations & terminals, 4 garages & car services, 4 factories & works, 4 clinics & polyclinics.

2840 m at 211°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 2840 m at 215°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 2880 m at 206°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 3180 m at 207°: Casa de alquiler (guest houses & hostels); 3320 m at 2°: Cantera (mines & quarries); 3630 m at 243°: Cayo Madama isla (attractions); 3720 m at 195°: Cine (theatres & arts); 4910 m at 335°: Casa de los Pilotos (guest houses & hostels); 5420 m at 7°: Playa Cayo Saetía (stations & terminals); 6070 m at 270°: Prque de Felton (urban parks & plazas); 6090 m at 320°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 6180 m at 320°: Campamento de Pioneros Cayo Seitía (camp sites); 6320 m at 284°: La Guayaba (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Limón: marine life records

49 records of 33 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2026: 21 fish, 11 molluscs, 7 crustaceans, 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 other, 1 corals, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 15.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Coenobita clypeatus, 4 (crustaceans); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Phyllorhiza punctata, 2 (other); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Cayo Limón: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Limón

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 6.7 km away.