Cayo Muerto

Cayo Muerto: coast and water

420 m at 344°: Punta Bonita (point); 710 m at 7°: Playa Metilla (beach); 5590 m at 102°: Pasa de San Juan de Tierra (channel); 5730 m at 90°: Punta San Juan (point); 7800 m at 193°: Punta Saliente (point); 8790 m at 135°: Pasa de Los Vapores (channel); 11220 m at 283°: Pasa Mordaza de la Tierra (channel); 11390 m at 275°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel).

Cayo Muerto: islands

6840 m at 208°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 7400 m at 157°: Cayos de Sevilla (island group); 9290 m at 128°: Cayo San Juan de Afuera (island); 9810 m at 144°: Cayo Punta Afuera (island); 10690 m at 200°: Cayos de Mordazo (island group); 11150 m at 279°: Cayos Mate Adentro (island group); 11990 m at 105°: Cayos de Manopla (island group); 12510 m at 111°: Cayo Dos Hermanos Guacanayabo (islet); 12730 m at 261°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 13390 m at 194°: Cayo Yana (island); 13680 m at 288°: Cayo Puga (island); 13880 m at 116°: Cayo los Bayameses (island).

Cayo Muerto: inland

1850 m at 291°: La Calzada (hamlet); 2360 m at 285°: Litoral Santa Cruz (railway station); 4360 m at 353°: Santa Clara (hamlet); 4890 m at 332°: Las Minas (locality); 5210 m at 34°: Veloso (locality); 6590 m at 340°: San Agustín (locality).

Cayo Muerto: distances

820 m at 18°: Playa Bonita; 2880 m at 312°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 39020 m at 90°: Guayabal; 81790 m at 9°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 120820 m at 38°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 221890 m at 341°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Muerto: close by

1110 m at 308°: Antiguo Combinado Pesquero (fishing); 1130 m at 336°: Empresa Pesquera Industrial EPISUR, Planta de Camaronicultura (fishing); 2200 m at 260°: Cayo Carenero (cay); 2600 m at 242°: Cayos Carnero (island group); 3240 m at 8°: Camaronicultura (fishing); 4800 m at 44°: Camaronicultura (fishing); 5200 m at 225°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (cay); 5480 m at 262°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 6840 m at 208°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 7090 m at 116°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 7400 m at 157°: Cayos de Sevilla (island group); 8620 m at 139°: Cayo Atravesado (cay).

Cayo Muerto: on and around

Within 15 km: 14 schools, 12 stores & supermarkets, 9 places of worship, 8 clinics & polyclinics, 6 government & embassies, 6 trails & viewpoints, 4 banks & exchange, 4 factories & works, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 historic & heritage.

2660 m at 329°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport); 2950 m at 321°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 2960 m at 322°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 3040 m at 318°: Museo Municipal (museums); 3110 m at 320°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 3820 m at 321°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 3820 m at 321°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 4630 m at 332°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 4930 m at 334°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 5220 m at 335°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints).

Cayo Muerto: marine life records

10 records of 10 species within 10 km: 9 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 3.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Cephalopholis cruentata, 1 (fish); Holacanthus tricolor, 1 (fish); Priacanthus, 1 (fish); Epinephelus guttatus, 1 (fish); Holocentrus adscensionis, 1 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 1 (fish); Euvola laurentii, 1 (molluscs); Holacanthus ciliaris, 1 (fish); Hypoplectrus puella, 1 (fish); Bodianus rufus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Muerto: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo Muerto

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 1.1 km away.