Cayo Madera

Cayo Madera: coast and water

4040 m at 260°: Estero La Lancha (estuary); 12920 m at 308°: Punta Solo (point); 13600 m at 129°: Punta de Cocos (point); 15180 m at 131°: Ensenada de Cordera (bay); 17710 m at 306°: Ensenada de Playa Judío (cove); 20280 m at 220°: Pasa Cunucunu (channel); 21160 m at 219°: Pasa Batista (channel); 21640 m at 218°: Pasa del Tío Pedro (channel).

Cayo Madera: islands

1550 m at 316°: Cayo Largo (island); 3090 m at 331°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 3250 m at 296°: Cayo Punta La Cera (island); 5040 m at 334°: Cayo El Santo (island); 5490 m at 336°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 6800 m at 314°: Cayo Los Machos (island); 12680 m at 312°: Cayo Solo (island); 14130 m at 29°: Cayo Confites (island); 16100 m at 146°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island); 17790 m at 135°: Cayo Anconcito (island); 17990 m at 178°: Cayo Mojarra (island); 20350 m at 141°: Cayo Ancón (island).

Cayo Madera: inland

13110 m at 124°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 27430 m at 231°: Río Manantiales (stream); 27800 m at 193°: La Redonda (settlement); 29480 m at 195°: Indalecio Cruz (locality); 29940 m at 230°: Cadenas (locality); 29980 m at 184°: Guanaja Embarcadero (settlement).

Cayo Madera: distances

10920 m at 266°: Cayo Romano; 26770 m at 185°: Playa Guanaja; 27430 m at 231°: Playa Jigüey; 73700 m at 190°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 75590 m at 140°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 111960 m at 301°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Madera: close by

1120 m at 341°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 1560 m at 316°: Cayo Largo (cay); 2050 m at 133°: Cayo Noy (cay); 3080 m at 331°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 3250 m at 296°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 3680 m at 331°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 3820 m at 113°: Cayo Grillo (cay); 3840 m at 113°: Cayo de los Grillos (cay); 4690 m at 335°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 5050 m at 334°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 5490 m at 336°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 6480 m at 304°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay).

Cayo Madera: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 police & fire.

9250 m at 120°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Madera: marine life records

5 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2026: 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 1.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Panulirus argus, 1 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Lucina columbella, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Madera: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Madera

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 14 km away.