Cayo Muchacho

Cayo Muchacho: coast and water

2000 m at 75°: Canal Uvero (channel); 4910 m at 205°: Bajo Ancón del Uvero (shoal); 13160 m at 88°: Banco Mosquito (shoal); 13330 m at 33°: Punta Infierno (point); 14680 m at 145°: Banco La Ceiba (shoal); 15320 m at 244°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 18480 m at 1°: Pasa Bergantines (channel); 20680 m at 2°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel).

Cayo Muchacho: islands

7510 m at 65°: Cayo Juan Suárez (island); 7740 m at 343°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 8330 m at 265°: Cayos las Muchachas (island group); 8550 m at 119°: Cayo Playas Grandes (island); 10160 m at 65°: Cayo Médano (island); 10740 m at 108°: Cayo Mosquito Grande (island); 12630 m at 41°: Cayos de Mordazo (island group); 12790 m at 298°: Cayo Rosquete (island); 14960 m at 107°: Cayo La Vela (island); 15750 m at 134°: La Ceiba (island); 17720 m at 358°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 17820 m at 128°: Cayo Antoñuelo (islet).

Cayo Muchacho: inland

22400 m at 25°: Litoral Santa Cruz (railway station); 24090 m at 24°: Santa Cruz del Sur (airfield); 24980 m at 34°: Najasa (stream); 25800 m at 22°: La Caridad (locality); 27610 m at 37°: Sabanalamar (locality); 27780 m at 6°: San Narciso (locality).

Cayo Muchacho: distances

23650 m at 24°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 23740 m at 31°: Playa Bonita; 54590 m at 69°: Guayabal; 103440 m at 14°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 143640 m at 37°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 237340 m at 346°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Muchacho: close by

1870 m at 335°: Cayo Leña (cay); 1940 m at 358°: Cayo Yana (cay); 2690 m at 93°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (cay); 3110 m at 122°: Cayo Uvero (cay); 3530 m at 270°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (cay); 3740 m at 93°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 3960 m at 301°: Cayos Levisa (island group); 3980 m at 298°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 4200 m at 255°: Cayo Pescador (cay); 5140 m at 351°: Cayo Almácigo (cay); 6170 m at 109°: Cayo Cupey (cay); 7510 m at 65°: Cayo Juan Suárez (cay).

Cayo Muchacho: marine life records

374 records of 37 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 202 corals, 172 fish. That is 119.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 81 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 30 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 25 (fish); Porites astreoides, 19 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 17 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 16 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Porites porites, 14 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 12 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 11 (fish).

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

Cayo Muchacho: notes

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