Cayo Morrillo

Cayo Morrillo: coast and water

600 m at 166°: Estero Inojal (inlet); 1670 m at 250°: Punta Chiva (point); 2900 m at 213°: Punta del Medio (point); 3120 m at 3°: Canal el Morrillo (channel); 4730 m at 49°: Playa Morrillo (beach); 6120 m at 59°: Punta Morrillo (point); 6580 m at 229°: Punta de Guerra (point); 6770 m at 315°: Pasa de la Mulata (channel); 6960 m at 208°: Ensenada del Medio (cove); 7910 m at 219°: Playa Luchana (beach); 8370 m at 241°: Ensenada del Real (cove); 12070 m at 253°: Estero Reduan (channel); 12760 m at 63°: Laguna La Tabla (lagoon); 12780 m at 256°: Punta Alacranes (point); 13310 m at 243°: Playa de Palma Rubia (beach); 13570 m at 275°: Pasa Alacranes (channel).

Cayo Morrillo: islands

1670 m at 250°: Cayo Blanco (island); 5010 m at 263°: Cayo Ratón (island); 6580 m at 229°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 6720 m at 255°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 8380 m at 272°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 8410 m at 266°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 11320 m at 259°: Cayos Alacranes (island group).

Cayo Morrillo: inland

4680 m at 157°: El Guayabo (locality); 5300 m at 96°: San Antonio (locality); 5410 m at 76°: La Gloria (locality); 5410 m at 76°: San Juan Bautista de Agua (locality); 5410 m at 76°: San José (hamlet); 5840 m at 191°: Río del Medio (stream); 6120 m at 59°: Río Morrillo (stream); 6140 m at 179°: Flores (hamlet); 6340 m at 194°: San Francisco (locality); 6420 m at 163°: La Esperanza (locality); 6960 m at 208°: Las Lisas (hamlet); 7090 m at 80°: Alturas (airfield).

Cayo Morrillo: distances

4730 m at 49°: Playa Morrillo; 5580 m at 140°: Arroyo de Piedra; 7910 m at 219°: Playa Luchana; 96770 m at 85°: José Martí International Airport ; 62040 m at 83°: Port of Mariel (port); 88890 m at 77°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 21870 m at 194°: Mil Cumbres; 38900 m at 100°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Morrillo: close by

1670 m at 249°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 4130 m at 62°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 5010 m at 263°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5640 m at 53°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 6570 m at 229°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 6720 m at 255°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 8380 m at 272°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 8410 m at 266°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 11320 m at 259°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 17010 m at 61°: Cayuelo La Poza (cay); 17550 m at 77°: Cayo Corojal (cay); 18080 m at 88°: Cayo Pájaro (cay).

Cayo Morrillo: on and around

Within 15 km: 11 guest houses & hostels, 4 coral reefs, 3 historic & heritage, 2 schools, 2 peaks & volcanoes, 1 camp sites, 1 stations & terminals, 1 trails & viewpoints.

5640 m at 53°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage); 7010 m at 204°: Villa Don Jose Otaño y Maria (guest houses & hostels); 7340 m at 57°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 7740 m at 74°: Casa Abella (guest houses & hostels); 8070 m at 138°: Villa Morán (guest houses & hostels); 8160 m at 136°: Mounmento a la Batalla de Cacarajícara (historic & heritage); 13410 m at 243°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 14330 m at 188°: Monumento a los Mártires (historic & heritage); 14450 m at 145°: Sierra Azul (peaks & volcanoes); 14510 m at 185°: Sendero a la cima del Pan de Guajaibón (trails & viewpoints); 14620 m at 141°: Loma La Mina (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Morrillo: marine life records

10 records of 9 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2016: 3 crustaceans, 2 echinoderms, 2 fish, 1 corals, 1 molluscs, 1 marine mammals. That is 3.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Pennaria disticha, 1 (corals); Calappa ocellata, 1 (crustaceans); Isostichopus badionotus, 1 (echinoderms); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 1 (fish); Xiphias gladius, 1 (fish); Diadema antillarum, 1 (echinoderms); Pyrgostylus striatulus, 1 (molluscs); Mesoplodon europaeus, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Morrillo: notes

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