Cayo Mosquito

Cayo Mosquito: coast and water

8690 m at 316°: Punta Mujeres (point); 8730 m at 23°: Punta Real (point); 10580 m at 54°: Punta Mosquito (point); 10600 m at 326°: Boca Falcones (channel); 13210 m at 140°: Punta de Chicho (point); 14540 m at 15°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 14770 m at 314°: Canalizo Garrafón (channel); 15090 m at 67°: La Llama (channel).

Cayo Mosquito: islands

1940 m at 226°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 2900 m at 49°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 3140 m at 161°: Cayo Redondo (island); 5390 m at 136°: Cayo Frío (island); 5930 m at 358°: Cayo Basura (island); 6200 m at 110°: Cayo Picheles (island); 7530 m at 189°: Cayo Triste (island); 7910 m at 336°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 8250 m at 89°: Cayo Espartillo (island); 9920 m at 169°: Cayo Chino (island); 12170 m at 87°: Cayo Esperanza (island); 12180 m at 95°: Cayo Alto (island).

Cayo Mosquito: inland

14320 m at 213°: Sucesores de Espinosa (locality); 14980 m at 208°: Sucesores de Hoyos (locality); 15510 m at 185°: La Panchita (settlement); 16320 m at 204°: La Conchita (hamlet); 16630 m at 214°: Villaurrutia (locality); 16710 m at 235°: El Salto (hamlet).

Cayo Mosquito: distances

13380 m at 212°: Playa La Fe; 16530 m at 164°: Salinas del Jatal; 18530 m at 218°: Sierra Morena; 80810 m at 144°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 103610 m at 182°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 74870 m at 277°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 39090 m at 137°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Mosquito: close by

1940 m at 226°: Cayo Mosquitico (cay); 2900 m at 49°: Cayo Barco Perdido (cay); 3140 m at 161°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 4460 m at 47°: Cayo Cera (cay); 5400 m at 136°: Cayo Frío (cay); 5940 m at 358°: Cayo Basura (cay); 6200 m at 110°: Cayo Picheles (cay); 6720 m at 322°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 7010 m at 286°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 7420 m at 356°: Cayo Blanquizal (cay); 7530 m at 189°: Cayo Triste (cay); 7660 m at 41°: Cayo Alcatraces (cay).

Cayo Mosquito: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 camp sites.

13760 m at 211°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites).

Cayo Mosquito: marine life records

6 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2005: 3 marine mammals, 2 corals, 1 molluscs. That is 1.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 2 (marine mammals); Ellisella schmitti, 1 (corals); Plexaura kuna, 1 (corals); Balaenoptera, 1 (marine mammals); Onustus longleyi, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 2, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Mosquito: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.