Cayo Medio

Cayo Medio: coast and water

420 m at 223°: Punta Cabo (point); 970 m at 17°: Ensenada Ramona (bay); 1770 m at 209°: Punta Cagabonés (point); 1850 m at 180°: Bahía Río Grande (bay); 2350 m at 322°: Punta Verraco (point); 2800 m at 271°: Punta Gorda (point); 3470 m at 270°: Bahía Limones (bay); 3500 m at 345°: Boca de Tánamo (inlet).

Cayo Medio: islands

1550 m at 180°: Cayo Rosario (island); 1730 m at 270°: Cayo Turrones (island); 1780 m at 151°: Cayo Arena (island); 1850 m at 180°: Cayo Largo (island); 1850 m at 360°: Cayo Bruja (island); 2220 m at 129°: Cayo Ratones (island); 2540 m at 317°: Cayo Juanito (island); 2560 m at 115°: Cayo Quemado (island); 3470 m at 270°: Cayo Limón (island); 3590 m at 298°: Cayo Alto (island); 5080 m at 317°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 13990 m at 278°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Cayo Medio: inland

2170 m at 255°: Punta Gorda (settlement); 2530 m at 223°: Molasses (settlement); 3000 m at 345°: Boca de Tánamo (settlement); 5030 m at 45°: Canal Cinco (settlement); 5200 m at 163°: Arroyón (settlement); 5830 m at 197°: Cuchillo de Riito (locality).

Cayo Medio: distances

3930 m at 242°: Playa Tánamo; 4210 m at 119°: Frank País; 5680 m at 111°: Cayo Mambí; 91510 m at 113°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 39270 m at 94°: Port of Moa (port); 97860 m at 217°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 18420 m at 216°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Medio: close by

1540 m at 180°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 1730 m at 270°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 1770 m at 151°: Cayo Arena (cay); 1850 m at 180°: Cayo Largo (cay); 1850 m at 0°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 2220 m at 129°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 2540 m at 317°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 2550 m at 115°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 3470 m at 270°: Cayo Limón (cay); 3590 m at 298°: Cayo Alto (cay); 5080 m at 317°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 9410 m at 73°: Camaronera (fishing).

Cayo Medio: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 schools, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 government & embassies, 3 places of worship, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 banks & exchange, 3 coral reefs, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stations & terminals, 2 theatres & arts.

5050 m at 115°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 5480 m at 114°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 5560 m at 177°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 5560 m at 114°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 5680 m at 111°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 5940 m at 110°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 6240 m at 107°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 12630 m at 147°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 13420 m at 146°: Sagua de Tánamo (stations & terminals); 13600 m at 144°: Cine (theatres & arts); 13640 m at 144°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 14270 m at 141°: Sabala (camp sites).

Cayo Medio: marine life records

24 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Vitta meleagris, 1 (molluscs); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Medio: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.