Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha

Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha: coast and water

18740 m at 250°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 19980 m at 191°: Canal Cachiboca (channel); 22010 m at 323°: Bajo Manuel Gómez (shoal); 22480 m at 346°: Canal de Algodones (channel); 24610 m at 258°: Canal Caballones (channel); 24990 m at 175°: Punta de Indios (point); 28520 m at 312°: Canal de Cuervo (channel); 28690 m at 268°: Laguna Mangle Alto (lagoon).

Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha: islands

9520 m at 198°: Cayo Largo (island); 14560 m at 167°: Cayo Vivero (island); 15230 m at 207°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 16160 m at 197°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 17250 m at 227°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 19560 m at 149°: Cayo Felipe (island); 20020 m at 238°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 21810 m at 248°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 22190 m at 141°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 23490 m at 176°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 24680 m at 298°: Cayo Cargado (island); 25340 m at 2°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island).

Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha: inland

36500 m at 57°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 38800 m at 54°: Santa Gertrudis (locality); 39860 m at 42°: Resistencia (stream); 40890 m at 67°: Batista (locality); 42470 m at 73°: San Miguel (locality); 42890 m at 63°: Guasimal (locality).

Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha: distances

61910 m at 16°: Playa Santa María; 73580 m at 53°: La Clarita; 73810 m at 54°: Vertientes; 109790 m at 56°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 169890 m at 63°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 163560 m at 307°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 17280 m at 288°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha: close by

1430 m at 142°: Cayo Cucaracha (cay); 8370 m at 341°: Cayo Bonito (cay); 9300 m at 149°: Cayo Antón (cay); 9520 m at 198°: Cayo Largo (cay); 11100 m at 9°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 11790 m at 114°: Cayo Chocolate (cay); 12020 m at 118°: Cayo Tarantlin (cay); 12700 m at 146°: Cayo Gordo (cay); 13120 m at 301°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 13180 m at 130°: Cayo La Lisa (cay); 14350 m at 167°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 14560 m at 167°: Cayo Vivero (cay).

Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha: marine life records

33 records of 18 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2026: 22 molluscs, 7 fish, 2 corals, 1 other, 1 crustaceans. That is 10.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Nerita versicolor, 6 (molluscs); Nerita peloronta, 5 (molluscs); Mycteroperca bonaci, 4 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 3 (molluscs); Puperita pupa, 2 (molluscs); Epinephelus striatus, 1 (fish); Lutjanus cyanopterus, 1 (fish); Crocodylus acutus, 1 (other); Melampus monile, 1 (molluscs); Coenobita clypeatus, 1 (crustaceans); Orbicella faveolata, 1 (corals); Acropora palmata, 1 (corals).

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

Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.