Cayo Matiitas

Cayo Matiitas: coast and water

11940 m at 266°: Canalizo Punta del Este (channel); 12320 m at 285°: Punta Rancho Viejo (point); 13380 m at 266°: Playa Punta del Este (beach); 15660 m at 300°: Punta Piedras (point); 19920 m at 254°: Quebrado de los Corrales (reef); 20020 m at 255°: Playa Blanca (beach); 20610 m at 302°: Boca Oriental de la Ciénaga (cove); 21460 m at 253°: Estero Quelonios (cove).

Cayo Matiitas: islands

6380 m at 95°: Cayo Hicacos (island); 7750 m at 38°: Cayo Coco (island); 8120 m at 9°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 10980 m at 270°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 13810 m at 358°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 14730 m at 313°: Cayo Guayabo (island); 16570 m at 322°: Cayo Costilla (island); 18370 m at 320°: Cayo Balandra (island); 25630 m at 326°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 25900 m at 82°: Cayo Punta del Canto (island); 26920 m at 94°: Cayo Ávalos (island); 29820 m at 87°: Cayo Los Muertos (island).

Cayo Matiitas: inland

17970 m at 270°: Carril del Indio (locality); 21560 m at 285°: Hato Nuevo (locality); 24330 m at 270°: Palma Alta (locality); 26560 m at 300°: El Fanguito (settlement); 27310 m at 299°: El Chalet (settlement); 27780 m at 299°: Vaquería Número Dos (ranch).

Cayo Matiitas: distances

30970 m at 252°: Playa Larga; 39000 m at 300°: Santa Fe; 40770 m at 312°: Júcaro; 46970 m at 309°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 161510 m at 348°: Port of Mariel (port); 88910 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 36550 m at 285°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.

Cayo Matiitas: close by

1060 m at 266°: Cayo Matías (cay); 6370 m at 96°: Cayo Hicacos (cay); 7750 m at 38°: Cayo Coco (cay); 8120 m at 9°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 8230 m at 339°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 10670 m at 65°: Cayo Palma (cay); 10980 m at 270°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 12030 m at 266°: Cueva de Punta del Este (site); 12920 m at 88°: Cayo Campos (cay); 13810 m at 358°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 14730 m at 313°: Cayo Guayabo (cay); 15110 m at 322°: Cayo Melones (cay).

Cayo Matiitas: marine life records

1275 records of 124 species within 10 km, 1962 to 2019: 635 fish, 491 corals, 125 sponges, 14 crustaceans, 6 other, 3 turtles, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 405.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 74 (corals); Porites astreoides, 67 (corals); Scarus iseri, 63 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 57 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 54 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 49 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 43 (fish); Millepora complanata, 41 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 40 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 38 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 36 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 36 (corals).

Months with records, turtles: Apr 1, Sep 1, Nov 1.

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

Cayo Matiitas: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.