Cayo Mortero

Cayo Mortero: coast and water

4780 m at 219°: Punta Casola (point); 6270 m at 87°: Lagunato de la Caridad (lagoon); 7130 m at 7°: Punta El Morro (point); 7960 m at 23°: Punta Lechuza (point); 9700 m at 230°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel); 10030 m at 350°: Arrecife de Media Luna (reef); 11300 m at 93°: Boca Cayo Toro (channel); 11600 m at 232°: Canalizo del Abogado (channel).

Cayo Mortero: islands

2020 m at 273°: Cayo de Piedra (island); 2210 m at 273°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 3430 m at 176°: Cayo Jutía (island); 4210 m at 75°: Cayo Valle Cobo (island); 6550 m at 262°: Cayo La Cáscara (island); 6790 m at 100°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 7760 m at 343°: Cayos Hijos de Guillermo (island group); 10970 m at 96°: Cayo Agua (islet); 11280 m at 40°: Cayo Felipe de Sotavento (island); 11760 m at 54°: Cayo Felipe de Barlovento (island); 12530 m at 102°: Cayo Toro (island); 13760 m at 257°: Cayo Partido (island).

Cayo Mortero: inland

7210 m at 45°: Gran Caribe villa cojimar (hotel); 7880 m at 66°: Iberostar Daiquiri (hotel); 7890 m at 64°: Iberostar Daiquiri All Inclusive (hotel); 18130 m at 325°: Jucarito (locality); 19210 m at 201°: Máximo Gómez (sugar mill); 21000 m at 101°: Colonial Hotel (hotel).

Cayo Mortero: distances

27740 m at 197°: Kilo 9; 37570 m at 207°: El Asiento; 37690 m at 218°: Arroyo de Agua; 41020 m at 104°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 182760 m at 256°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 6580 m at 53°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 21620 m at 110°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 28120 m at 295°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María.

Cayo Mortero: close by

1830 m at 307°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (cay); 1900 m at 238°: Cayos los Derramaderos (cay); 2020 m at 273°: Cayo de Piedra (cay); 2200 m at 273°: Cayo Pilón (cay); 2480 m at 75°: Cayo Güincho (cay); 3430 m at 176°: Cayo Jutía (cay); 3480 m at 7°: Cayo Las Tres Pozas (cay); 4170 m at 241°: Cayo El Sapo (cay); 4210 m at 75°: Cayo Valle Cobo (cay); 4260 m at 299°: Cayo Langosta (cay); 4730 m at 324°: Hijo de Guillermito (cay); 4860 m at 119°: Cayo Botella (cay).

Cayo Mortero: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 banks & exchange, 1 marinas, 1 surfing & kiteboarding, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 coral reefs.

7490 m at 71°: flamingo (attractions); 7560 m at 74°: Delfinario (attractions); 7780 m at 74°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas); 7850 m at 63°: Bowling (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Mortero: marine life records

600 records of 135 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2026: 244 seabirds and shorebirds, 155 fish, 58 corals, 50 molluscs, 45 crustaceans, 16 seagrass and algae, 15 echinoderms, 12 marine mammals, 3 other, 2 sharks and rays. That is 191.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Himantopus mexicanus, 38 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 23 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 20 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 15 (crustaceans); Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Platalea ajaja, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Millepora complanata, 14 (corals); Acanthopleura granulata, 14 (molluscs); Sterna maxima, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 5, Sep 7; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 2, Feb 13, Mar 20, May 5, Jul 2, Sep 4, Nov 1, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Mortero: notes

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