Cayo Monte Seco

Cayo Monte Seco: coast and water

1210 m at 235°: Canalizo Monte Seco (channel); 3920 m at 187°: Pasa Versagua (channel); 6540 m at 59°: Boca de Lanzanillo (channel); 9550 m at 291°: Canalizo Vianero (channel); 10760 m at 268°: Pasa de Tumba la Olla (channel); 11670 m at 225°: Playa Piñón (beach); 13200 m at 242°: Laguna Tío Vivo (lagoon); 13520 m at 166°: Punta Trujillo (point).

Cayo Monte Seco: islands

5180 m at 270°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 6470 m at 133°: Cayo Isidoro (island); 7890 m at 67°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 8780 m at 122°: Cayo Alto (island); 8950 m at 292°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 9060 m at 238°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 15840 m at 101°: Cayo Pajonal (island); 18100 m at 288°: Cayo Palomo (island); 18300 m at 287°: Cayo Paloma (island); 18340 m at 298°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 19430 m at 280°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 21090 m at 124°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (island).

Cayo Monte Seco: inland

11780 m at 224°: Playa Piñón (settlement); 11780 m at 240°: Playa Uvero (settlement); 16600 m at 206°: Fletes (locality); 16920 m at 187°: Río Calabazar (stream); 17020 m at 170°: Granadillo Viejo (locality); 17060 m at 207°: El Triángulo (hamlet).

Cayo Monte Seco: distances

11690 m at 225°: Playa Piñón; 16240 m at 253°: Playa Colorado; 18920 m at 277°: Isabela de Sagua; 48730 m at 194°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 105920 m at 216°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 107550 m at 217°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 33780 m at 252°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Monte Seco: close by

2420 m at 195°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 2540 m at 298°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 3990 m at 63°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 4930 m at 315°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 5130 m at 191°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 5180 m at 270°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 5300 m at 337°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 5440 m at 283°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 6470 m at 133°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 6660 m at 84°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 6760 m at 13°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 7160 m at 109°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group).

Cayo Monte Seco: marine life records

493 records of 141 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2017: 220 fish, 138 sponges, 126 corals, 7 crustaceans, 2 other. That is 156.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 33 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 18 (sponges); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 18 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 17 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 16 (fish); Acropora palmata, 16 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 15 (fish); Stichopathes, 14 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 12 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish).

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

Cayo Monte Seco: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.