Cayo Mendoza

Cayo Mendoza: coast and water

1000 m at 115°: Punta Andén (point); 2520 m at 225°: Playa de Punta Gorda (beach); 3910 m at 243°: Estero Las Glorias (cove); 3910 m at 243°: Estero Los Jacos (cove); 4700 m at 37°: Punta Leña (point); 5140 m at 159°: Punta Frenes (point); 5940 m at 158°: Ensenada de Frenes (cove); 6440 m at 149°: Bahía Colorada (cove).

Cayo Mendoza: islands

6170 m at 83°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 6850 m at 60°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 8430 m at 116°: Cayo Chubasco (island); 9160 m at 127°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 10810 m at 91°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 11640 m at 357°: Cayuelo del Cristo (island); 12040 m at 97°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 13650 m at 305°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 14000 m at 99°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (island); 14090 m at 337°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island); 14370 m at 104°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 14520 m at 334°: Cayo Hicacal (island).

Cayo Mendoza: inland

6370 m at 199°: Laguna del Dorado (pond); 8140 m at 205°: Júcaro (locality); 9370 m at 191°: Santa Isabel (locality); 10080 m at 223°: San Jorge (locality); 11180 m at 172°: Pastora de Cartaya (locality); 12120 m at 207°: La Nueva Isabela (settlement).

Cayo Mendoza: distances

1180 m at 163°: Isabela de Sagua; 2520 m at 225°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 8890 m at 156°: Playa Colorado; 51390 m at 172°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 98980 m at 206°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 100530 m at 207°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 19010 m at 223°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Mendoza: close by

1130 m at 123°: Vista al Mar (fishing); 2520 m at 41°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 2870 m at 42°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 3240 m at 341°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 5830 m at 30°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 6160 m at 83°: Cayo Hachuela (cay); 6410 m at 62°: Cayo Mariposa (cay); 6850 m at 60°: Cayo Maravillas (cay); 7190 m at 11°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 7390 m at 112°: Nikolis M (reef); 7400 m at 357°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 7480 m at 3°: Cayo Matahambre (cay).

Cayo Mendoza: on and around

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

970 m at 153°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 990 m at 136°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 1080 m at 129°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 1230 m at 171°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Mendoza: marine life records

138 records of 69 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2024: 101 fish, 25 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 molluscs, 2 echinoderms, 1 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals. That is 43.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Gammaridea, 9 (crustaceans); Sphyraena barracuda, 7 (fish); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 6 (crustaceans); 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 Mendoza: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Mendoza

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 9.8 km away.