Cayo Matahambre

Cayo Matahambre: coast and water

1990 m at 353°: Ensenada de la Glorita (cove); 3060 m at 50°: Cayo del Cristo Lighthouse (lighthouse); 3510 m at 355°: Punta Chernas (point); 4180 m at 147°: Ensenada del Jobabo (cove); 5500 m at 73°: Cabezos de Maravillas (reef); 7490 m at 286°: Punta de Pargo (point); 7630 m at 313°: Playa El Roteño (beach); 7910 m at 176°: Punta Andén (point).

Cayo Matahambre: islands

430 m at 90°: Cayo Bicho (island); 6900 m at 130°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 7400 m at 301°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 7490 m at 183°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 8000 m at 275°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 8070 m at 312°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island); 12960 m at 126°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 13440 m at 308°: Cayo Arbolito (island); 13650 m at 141°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 13790 m at 307°: Cayuelo de Gandón (island); 14180 m at 270°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (island); 14740 m at 152°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group).

Cayo Matahambre: inland

4760 m at 141°: Las Miravillas (settlement); 8670 m at 180°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 8960 m at 178°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 11320 m at 191°: Fortuna (hamlet); 13640 m at 196°: El Dorado (settlement); 14840 m at 182°: Palma Sola (locality).

Cayo Matahambre: distances

8600 m at 180°: Isabela de Sagua; 9510 m at 193°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 15950 m at 168°: Playa Colorado; 58750 m at 173°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 105890 m at 205°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 107420 m at 205°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 25170 m at 212°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Matahambre: close by

430 m at 90°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 740 m at 263°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 1040 m at 113°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 2370 m at 23°: Cayo del Cristo (cay); 3500 m at 134°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 4270 m at 346°: Cayuelo del Cristo (cay); 4620 m at 198°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 4850 m at 274°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 5500 m at 73°: Cabezos de Maravillas (reef); 5570 m at 164°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 5710 m at 167°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 6400 m at 301°: Cayo Esquivel (cay).

Cayo Matahambre: 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.

8160 m at 177°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 8190 m at 178°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 8340 m at 179°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 8690 m at 181°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Matahambre: marine life records

200 records of 95 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2024: 156 fish, 30 crustaceans, 5 other, 4 sharks and rays, 3 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 63.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Gammaridea, 10 (crustaceans); Strongylura notata, 9 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 8 (crustaceans); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Sphyraena barracuda, 5 (fish); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish); Archosargus rhomboidalis, 4 (fish); Erotelis smaragdus, 4 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Matahambre: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Matahambre

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 3.1 km away.