Cayo Marcos

Cayo Marcos: coast and water

6520 m at 134°: Punta de Guaqueyes (point); 8880 m at 130°: Canal del Martín (channel); 8920 m at 129°: Canal Guairajal (channel); 9200 m at 181°: Laguna La Tinaja (lagoon); 9210 m at 141°: Punta de Pájaro (point); 9360 m at 177°: Laguna Niña Bonita (lagoon); 11570 m at 233°: Laguna La Paloma (lagoon); 13500 m at 251°: Punta Trujillo (point).

Cayo Marcos: islands

11230 m at 305°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 13310 m at 315°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 16300 m at 310°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 18210 m at 299°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 19880 m at 146°: Cayo del Medio de Mojabraga (island); 21050 m at 317°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 22600 m at 307°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 22900 m at 292°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 24050 m at 280°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 27120 m at 296°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 28100 m at 290°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 28820 m at 287°: Cayo Chubasco (island).

Cayo Marcos: inland

10200 m at 166°: Veguita (locality); 10410 m at 221°: Playa Emilio Córdova (settlement); 13630 m at 219°: Emilio Córdova (settlement); 13660 m at 185°: Gesoria (settlement); 14550 m at 185°: El Santo (settlement); 14590 m at 202°: Carratalá (settlement).

Cayo Marcos: distances

10270 m at 220°: Playa Nazábal; 13360 m at 165°: Playa Juan Francisco; 13690 m at 219°: Emilio Córdova; 47470 m at 216°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109880 m at 226°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 107220 m at 105°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Marcos: close by

1580 m at 320°: Cayos de la Tocinera (island group); 3500 m at 156°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (cay); 4320 m at 313°: Cayos Pajonal (cay); 4670 m at 307°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 5740 m at 356°: Cayo Pajonal (cay); 9180 m at 95°: Roca Vinson (cay); 9460 m at 296°: Cayo Alto (cay); 11240 m at 305°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 12070 m at 291°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 13310 m at 315°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 14360 m at 324°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 14710 m at 324°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group).

Cayo Marcos: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 3 police & fire, 3 schools, 1 museums, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 camp sites, 1 stations & terminals, 1 marinas, 1 government & embassies.

12550 m at 164°: Museo del Manatí (museums); 12750 m at 164°: Campismo Villa Batalla (camp sites); 13830 m at 220°: Emilio Cordoba (stations & terminals); 14580 m at 184°: Base de Pesca (marinas).

Cayo Marcos: marine life records

640 records of 112 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 321 fish, 186 corals, 127 sponges, 2 other, 1 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans. That is 203.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 31 (sponges); Acanthurus bahianus, 31 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 30 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 27 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 27 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 26 (fish); Spirastrellidae, 22 (sponges); Sparisoma viride, 21 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 20 (fish); Millepora complanata, 18 (corals); Stichopathes, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 15 (corals).

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

Cayo Marcos: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Marcos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Fragoso stands about 10 km away.