Cayo Los Pinos

Cayo Los Pinos: coast and water

480 m at 125°: Punta El Curro (point); 550 m at 90°: Ensenada de los Indios (cove); 1150 m at 274°: Punta Fomento (point); 1370 m at 263°: Punta Vianda (point); 1390 m at 199°: Ensenada de Cayo Sucio (cove); 1390 m at 310°: Punta Africana (point); 1510 m at 201°: Ensenada Roja (cove); 1700 m at 326°: Punta La Estaca de Hierro (point).

Cayo Los Pinos: islands

590 m at 118°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 700 m at 256°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 2230 m at 32°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 2530 m at 73°: Cayo Almeja (island); 3280 m at 56°: Cayo Blanco (island); 3820 m at 51°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 3940 m at 73°: Cayo del Medio (island); 3960 m at 75°: Cayo Puchi (island); 4350 m at 72°: Cayo Rojo (island); 4640 m at 68°: Cayo García (island); 4760 m at 333°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 4760 m at 333°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island).

Cayo Los Pinos: inland

940 m at 107°: Cayo Coro (settlement); 1780 m at 133°: Asentista (settlement); 3120 m at 228°: San Claudio (stream); 3140 m at 130°: Embalse La Plata (reservoir); 3240 m at 169°: Rojas (settlement); 3390 m at 84°: Roberto Nodarse (district).

Cayo Los Pinos: distances

820 m at 179°: Playa La Luisa; 4090 m at 91°: Cabañas; 16110 m at 68°: Playa Boca Ciega; 56650 m at 89°: José Martí International Airport ; 21780 m at 87°: Port of Mariel (port); 48700 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 13180 m at 187°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Los Pinos: close by

590 m at 118°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 700 m at 256°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 2220 m at 32°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 2530 m at 73°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 3280 m at 56°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 3810 m at 51°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 3940 m at 73°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 3960 m at 75°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 4350 m at 71°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 4530 m at 283°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 4550 m at 271°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 4640 m at 68°: Cayo García (cay).

Cayo Los Pinos: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 attractions, 8 guest houses & hostels, 7 coral reefs, 6 mines & quarries, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 schools, 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 farms & plantations, 3 factories & works, 3 trails & viewpoints.

3780 m at 94°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 4170 m at 90°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 4250 m at 101°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 5950 m at 45°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 6950 m at 290°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 8990 m at 170°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 9170 m at 186°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 11670 m at 228°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11900 m at 182°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 12450 m at 117°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 12630 m at 168°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes); 14380 m at 152°: Casa La Estrella (guest houses & hostels); 14380 m at 153°: Villa Duque (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Los Pinos: 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 Los Pinos: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Los Pinos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 2.8 km away.