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Cayo Mosquitico

Satellite view of Cayo Mosquitico, Cuba
Cayo Mosquitico (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Mosquitico is a cay at 23°04′08″N 80°25′07″W in Villa Clara province.

GPS 23.06901, -80.4185523°04′08″N 80°25′07″W

Cayo Mosquitico: coast and water

10540 m at 27°: Punta Real (point); 11110 m at 336°: Boca Falcones (channel); 11980 m at 181°: Ensenada de Sierra Morena (bay); 13200 m at 132°: Punta de Chicho (point); 14770 m at 140°: Laguna Caravera (lagoon); 14990 m at 156°: Pasas Las Calderas (channel); 15110 m at 143°: Punta de Jesús (point); 15260 m at 141°: Ensenada del Estero Negro (cove).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Mosquitico
Cayo Mosquitico, wider

Cayo Mosquitico: islands

5710 m at 117°: Cayo Frío (island); 6410 m at 47°: Cayo Cera (island); 7140 m at 151°: Cayo Levisa (island); 7180 m at 337°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 8990 m at 159°: Cayo Chino (island); 9750 m at 81°: Cayo Espartillo (island); 10550 m at 188°: Cayo Flamencos (island); 12620 m at 303°: Cayo Tinta (island); 13520 m at 89°: Cayo Alto (island); 13690 m at 81°: Cayo Esperanza (island); 14360 m at 100°: Cayo Partido (island); 15050 m at 123°: Cayo Tío Juan (island).

Cayo Mosquitico: inland

12190 m at 220°: Río Sierra Morena (stream); 12660 m at 201°: El Griego (locality); 12690 m at 210°: Tetuán (locality); 13360 m at 211°: San Francisco (hamlet); 13770 m at 192°: Santa Rita (locality); 14730 m at 212°: Villaurrutia (locality).

Cayo Mosquitico: distances

11510 m at 209°: Playa La Fe; 15700 m at 158°: Salinas del Jatal; 16610 m at 217°: Sierra Morena; 80560 m at 143°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 102210 m at 181°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 73680 m at 278°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 39100 m at 134°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Mosquitico: close by

1940 m at 46°: Cayo Mosquito (cay); 2890 m at 124°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 4840 m at 48°: Cayo Barco Perdido (cay); 5710 m at 117°: Cayo Frío (cay); 5740 m at 225°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 6080 m at 179°: Cayo Triste (cay); 6280 m at 301°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 6400 m at 47°: Cayo Cera (cay); 7140 m at 151°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 7180 m at 337°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 7250 m at 96°: Cayo Picheles (cay); 7380 m at 9°: Cayo Basura (cay).

Cayo Mosquitico: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 camp sites, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 schools.

11900 m at 208°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 14000 m at 179°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo Mosquitico: marine life records

4 records of 4 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2005: 2 corals, 2 marine mammals. That is 1.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ellisella schmitti, 1 (corals); Tursiops truncatus, 1 (marine mammals); Plexaura kuna, 1 (corals); Balaenoptera, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Mosquitico: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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Sources and data

Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.

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