Cayo Mariposa

Cayo Mariposa: coast and water

1450 m at 135°: Boca de Cañate (channel); 1970 m at 289°: Boca Marillanes (channel); 3250 m at 135°: Boca El Serón (channel); 6620 m at 240°: Punta Sotavento (point); 6980 m at 336°: Punta del Cristo (point); 7050 m at 335°: Cayo del Cristo Lighthouse (lighthouse); 8130 m at 127°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel); 8480 m at 281°: Cabezo Empalizada (shoal).

Cayo Mariposa: islands

500 m at 32°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 3840 m at 256°: Cayo Palomo (island); 4160 m at 254°: Cayo Paloma (island); 6410 m at 242°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 6580 m at 312°: Cayo Bicho (island); 6690 m at 270°: Cayo Levisa (island); 7000 m at 152°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 11190 m at 295°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 12680 m at 153°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 14090 m at 279°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 14260 m at 306°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 14970 m at 311°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island).

Cayo Mariposa: inland

6740 m at 231°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 9980 m at 228°: Fortuna (hamlet); 12500 m at 226°: El Dorado (settlement); 12920 m at 165°: Playa Uvero (settlement); 13830 m at 221°: Júcaro (locality); 14660 m at 196°: Pastora de Cartaya (locality).

Cayo Mariposa: distances

6740 m at 232°: Isabela de Sagua; 8850 m at 237°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 11390 m at 191°: Playa Colorado; 53910 m at 178°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 104270 m at 208°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 105840 m at 209°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 25180 m at 228°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Mariposa: close by

490 m at 32°: Cayo Maravillas (cay); 2380 m at 168°: Cayo Hachuela (cay); 3410 m at 306°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 3840 m at 256°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 4150 m at 40°: Cabezo de Canaete (reef); 4160 m at 254°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 5910 m at 313°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 5950 m at 232°: Vista al Mar (fishing); 5960 m at 168°: Nikolis M (reef); 6040 m at 360°: Cabezos de Maravillas (reef); 6090 m at 122°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 6350 m at 151°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group).

Cayo Mariposa: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

6080 m at 232°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 6220 m at 233°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 6500 m at 233°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 6920 m at 232°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Mariposa: marine life records

142 records of 70 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2024: 101 fish, 30 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 45.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Gammaridea, 9 (crustaceans); Sphyraena barracuda, 7 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 7 (crustaceans); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 6 (fish); Strongylura notata, 6 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 5 (fish); Archosargus rhomboidalis, 4 (fish); Lutjanus griseus, 4 (fish); Lutjanus analis, 4 (fish); Trinectes inscriptus, 3 (fish); Anchoa hepsetus, 3 (fish).

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

Cayo Mariposa: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Mariposa

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 7.0 km away.