Cayo Mogote

Cayo Mogote: coast and water

4540 m at 63°: Playa Los Cocos (beach); 11530 m at 208°: Punta Cayo Blanco (point); 11750 m at 25°: Punta Guaníval (point); 11980 m at 80°: Punta Cupey (point); 13600 m at 18°: Punta Palizada (point); 13890 m at 99°: Punta Ceibita (point); 14760 m at 50°: Caletón Rosario (cove); 15600 m at 214°: Las Lavanderas (reef).

Cayo Mogote: islands

9170 m at 168°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 9810 m at 187°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 12140 m at 209°: Cayo Blanco (island); 15620 m at 259°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 18270 m at 233°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 18830 m at 237°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (island); 22400 m at 143°: Cayo Piedras (island); 22600 m at 272°: Cayo Cancamán (island); 22740 m at 277°: Cayo Cobo (island); 23580 m at 259°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 28210 m at 28°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group); 29120 m at 31°: Cayo La Gloria (island).

Cayo Mogote: inland

3210 m at 326°: Laguna los Caballos (lake); 11970 m at 7°: Tienda Vieja (locality); 14100 m at 95°: Finca Perdices (locality); 15910 m at 11°: Río Negro (locality); 15910 m at 11°: Manatí (locality); 16050 m at 31°: Patricio (locality).

Cayo Mogote: distances

4540 m at 63°: Playa Los Cocos; 17720 m at 10°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 17940 m at 23°: Playa Máquina; 64540 m at 209°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 83200 m at 88°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 66060 m at 211°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 29310 m at 87°: Refugio de Faunas; 34720 m at 18°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar).

Cayo Mogote: close by

3180 m at 147°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 5340 m at 180°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 9170 m at 168°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 9820 m at 187°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 12140 m at 209°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 12170 m at 69°: Cueva de los Peces (reef); 13550 m at 95°: Centro de Buceo Punta Perdiz (reef); 14840 m at 102°: Punta Perdiz (reef); 15600 m at 214°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 15620 m at 259°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 17530 m at 29°: Playa Larga (Zapata) (fishing); 17680 m at 16°: Octopus Club (reef).

Cayo Mogote: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 attractions, 3 trails & viewpoints.

3420 m at 308°: Mirador #3 (attractions); 3920 m at 244°: Las Salinas (attractions); 3990 m at 331°: Mirador #2 (attractions); 4880 m at 345°: Mirador #1 (attractions); 12260 m at 69°: Cueva de los peces (attractions); 12630 m at 60°: Playa Bea y Moy (attractions); 13530 m at 96°: Playa Punta Perdiz (attractions).

Cayo Mogote: marine life records

508 records of 96 species within 10 km, 1910 to 2026: 391 seabirds and shorebirds, 51 fish, 22 echinoderms, 22 seagrass and algae, 9 corals, 7 crustaceans, 3 other, 2 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays. That is 161.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Egretta rufescens, 50 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 38 (seabirds and shorebirds); Hydroprogne caspia, 36 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 34 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 30 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 27 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa melanoleuca, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Megaceryle alcyon, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pluvialis squatarola, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa flavipes, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 6, Feb 66, Mar 36, May 6, Jun 1, Aug 4, Sep 4, Dec 51.

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

Cayo Mogote: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.