Cayo Montañés

Cayo Montañés: coast and water

1440 m at 140°: Punta Carenero (point); 1600 m at 87°: Boca Guajaba (inlet); 8350 m at 328°: Punta de Cocos (point); 15800 m at 227°: Bahía de la Gloria (bay); 17790 m at 179°: Punta Rincón Grande (point); 19280 m at 207°: Ensenada de Magua (cove); 19370 m at 213°: Punta Piloto (point); 19460 m at 210°: Playa Piloto (beach).

Cayo Montañés: islands

9800 m at 179°: Cayo Garrapón (island); 9990 m at 230°: Cayo Sardina (islet); 11780 m at 145°: Cayo Guajaba (island); 12540 m at 239°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 13680 m at 250°: Cayo Largo (S Cayo Romano) (islet); 16760 m at 273°: Jibaro (island group); 21630 m at 342°: Cayo Verde (island); 22680 m at 317°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (island); 23210 m at 316°: Cayo Largo (island); 24650 m at 318°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 24730 m at 314°: Cayo Punta La Cera (island); 25230 m at 318°: Cayo Estanislao (island).

Cayo Montañés: inland

9270 m at 334°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 14630 m at 158°: Los Hornos (settlement); 15370 m at 334°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 18760 m at 208°: Santa Cruz (settlement); 20580 m at 171°: Columbia (settlement); 21140 m at 164°: Río Máximo (stream).

Cayo Montañés: distances

19460 m at 210°: Playa Piloto; 20540 m at 237°: Playa Guanaja; 29510 m at 221°: Sierra de Cubitas; 63290 m at 206°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 54010 m at 142°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 132960 m at 303°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Montañés: close by

2070 m at 268°: Cayo Ancón (cay); 3710 m at 297°: Cayo La Espera (cay); 3820 m at 234°: Cayo La Alegría (cay); 3880 m at 320°: Cayo Anconcito (cay); 6220 m at 276°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (cay); 6410 m at 291°: Cayo Las Casimbas (cay); 6870 m at 229°: Cayo Toro (cay); 9080 m at 132°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (cay); 9810 m at 179°: Cayo Garrapón (cay); 9990 m at 230°: Cayo Sardina (cay); 10170 m at 242°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 10540 m at 235°: Cayo Corúa (cay).

Cayo Montañés: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 coral reefs, 2 peaks & volcanoes.

13050 m at 328°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes); 13510 m at 156°: Silla de Luis Mae (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Montañés: marine life records

59 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1907 to 2001: 58 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 18.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella annularis, 10 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 10 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 8 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 6 (corals); Porites astreoides, 4 (corals); Diploria labyrinthiformis, 2 (corals); Millepora alcicornis, 1 (corals); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 1 (corals); Montastraea, 1 (corals); Colpophyllia natans, 1 (corals).

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

Cayo Montañés: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.