Cayo Madama

Cayo Madama: coast and water

890 m at 336°: Ensenada del Caunao (cove); 1100 m at 208°: Punta de la Entrada de la Laguna (point); 1240 m at 284°: Punta de la Trompada (point); 1450 m at 247°: Punta Madruga (point); 2090 m at 259°: Punta de los Chivos (point); 3650 m at 234°: Punta Terry (point); 3900 m at 318°: Punta Soriano (point); 4940 m at 289°: Banco Gorda (bank); 5300 m at 324°: Punta Yerba (point); 5810 m at 306°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 6400 m at 245°: Punta La Lora (point); 6400 m at 201°: Ensenada Rancho Luna (cove); 6430 m at 190°: Punta Luna (point); 6630 m at 229°: Punta del Diablo (point); 6900 m at 235°: Punta de Cocos (point); 7030 m at 317°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (point).

Cayo Madama: islands

900 m at 198°: Cayo Colorado (island); 1560 m at 352°: Cayo Corojo (island); 1890 m at 243°: Cayo Ocampo (island); 2530 m at 343°: Cayo Ratón (island); 4160 m at 254°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 5650 m at 272°: Cayo Carenas (island).

Cayo Madama: inland

1580 m at 1°: Caunao (stream); 2170 m at 168°: Los Naturales (locality); 2470 m at 211°: Palma Sola (locality); 4070 m at 32°: Cansa Vaca (locality); 4170 m at 197°: Antoñica (locality); 5140 m at 246°: Cueva de las Damas (locality); 5300 m at 5°: Calabazas (locality); 5400 m at 253°: La Milpa (settlement); 5630 m at 93°: Loma la Vigía (locality); 5670 m at 272°: Cayo Carenas (settlement); 5680 m at 190°: Club Amigo Rancho Luna (hotel); 5750 m at 191°: Hotel Gran Caribe Faro Luna (hotel).

Cayo Madama: distances

7500 m at 330°: Cienfuegos; 11570 m at 59°: Guaos; 13220 m at 160°: Las Playitas; 7210 m at 352°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 8020 m at 333°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 7760 m at 321°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 29870 m at 110°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Madama: close by

900 m at 198°: Cayo Colorado (cay); 1560 m at 352°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 1880 m at 243°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 2530 m at 342°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 4160 m at 254°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 5650 m at 272°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 5770 m at 204°: Diving Center (reef); 7040 m at 317°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 7910 m at 321°: Muelle Real (fishing); 8140 m at 319°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 8160 m at 313°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 8960 m at 324°: Cayo Loco (cay).

Cayo Madama: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 47 schools, 31 factories & works, 24 attractions, 20 clinics & polyclinics, 18 stores & supermarkets, 17 garages & car services, 15 government & embassies, 14 stadiums & sport, 14 historic & heritage.

5630 m at 201°: Villa Rancho Luna (guest houses & hostels); 5660 m at 202°: Villa La China (guest houses & hostels); 5670 m at 203°: Casa Larabi (guest houses & hostels); 5760 m at 195°: Centro Provincial de Entrenamiento Deportivo (stadiums & sport); 5820 m at 206°: Los Corales (attractions); 5860 m at 206°: Delfinario Cienfuegos (attractions); 6120 m at 319°: Beisbolito (stadiums & sport); 6130 m at 306°: Villa Lagarto (attractions); 6170 m at 305°: Mirador la punta (attractions); 6190 m at 319°: Maternidad (attractions); 6200 m at 309°: La India Guanaroca (attractions); 6250 m at 309°: Palacio de Valle (historic & heritage); 6310 m at 313°: Pista de patinaje (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Madama: marine life records

233 records of 146 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 126 molluscs, 50 fish, 34 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 crustaceans, 5 other, 1 sharks and rays. That is 74.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 15 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 5 (molluscs); Pterois, 5 (fish); Echinolittorina ziczac, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 4 (molluscs); Syringodium filiforme, 4 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Madama: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Madama

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 7.0 km away.