Cayo Limón

Cayo Limón: coast and water

0 m at 180°: Bahía Limones (bay); 1850 m at 180°: Playa Tánamo (beach); 1970 m at 118°: Punta Larga (point); 2380 m at 83°: Bahía Sagua de Tánamo (bay); 2490 m at 112°: Punta Diamante (point); 3710 m at 0°: Punta Lico (point); 4100 m at 25°: Punta Sotavento (point); 4890 m at 41°: Punta Juaquín (point).

Cayo Limón: islands

1690 m at 10°: Cayo Alto (island); 1740 m at 90°: Cayo Turrones (island); 2540 m at 43°: Cayo Juanito (island); 3460 m at 90°: Cayo Medio (island); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 3790 m at 114°: Cayo Rosario (island); 3930 m at 118°: Cayo Largo (island); 3930 m at 62°: Cayo Bruja (island); 4610 m at 110°: Cayo Arena (island); 5380 m at 105°: Cayo Ratones (island); 5880 m at 101°: Cayo Quemado (island); 10570 m at 280°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Cayo Limón: inland

2540 m at 137°: Molasses (settlement); 3360 m at 306°: Barrederas (settlement); 3780 m at 335°: Barrederas Número Seis (hamlet); 4620 m at 318°: Palmar de Barrederas (settlement); 4730 m at 127°: Río Grande (stream); 5780 m at 133°: Cascarera (settlement).

Cayo Limón: distances

1850 m at 180°: Playa Tánamo; 3420 m at 309°: Barrederas; 7430 m at 106°: Frank País; 93650 m at 213°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 42730 m at 93°: Port of Moa (port); 95820 m at 215°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 16620 m at 206°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Limón: close by

1690 m at 10°: Cayo Alto (cay); 1730 m at 90°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 2540 m at 43°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 3470 m at 90°: Cayo Medio (cay); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 3800 m at 114°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 3930 m at 118°: Cayo Largo (cay); 3930 m at 62°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 4600 m at 110°: Cayo Arena (cay); 5380 m at 105°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 5880 m at 101°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 10570 m at 280°: Cayo Ratón (cay).

Cayo Limón: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 guest houses & hostels, 3 coral reefs, 3 schools, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 government & embassies, 2 camp sites, 1 sugar mills & refineries, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 places of worship, 1 garages & car services.

6710 m at 146°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 8330 m at 105°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 8760 m at 105°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 8850 m at 105°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 9000 m at 103°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 9270 m at 103°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 9600 m at 101°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 12350 m at 256°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites); 13230 m at 298°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 14790 m at 136°: Monumento (historic & heritage).

Cayo Limón: marine life records

23 records of 16 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 4 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish); Crassinella, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Limón: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.