Cayo Mujeres

Cayo Mujeres: coast and water

5930 m at 40°: Boca de la Caldera (channel); 6960 m at 296°: Canal Esterón (channel); 7170 m at 73°: Laguna El Coy (lagoon); 7810 m at 353°: Boca Cadena (channel); 8980 m at 141°: Laguna del Esterón Viejo (lagoon); 11750 m at 311°: Punta Salina (point); 11790 m at 28°: Pasa La Manuy (channel); 12210 m at 161°: Ensenada de Mancho (cove).

Cayo Mujeres: islands

7300 m at 347°: Cayo Vaca (island); 8470 m at 330°: Cayo Ladrones (island); 17060 m at 29°: Cayo La Manuy (island); 18890 m at 36°: Cayo Salina (islet); 20140 m at 51°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 22860 m at 341°: Cayo Piso (island); 23840 m at 335°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 24000 m at 351°: Cayo El Sapo (island); 24360 m at 333°: Cayo Candela (island); 25430 m at 15°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 26250 m at 28°: Cayo Toro (island); 26900 m at 357°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (island).

Cayo Mujeres: inland

2590 m at 145°: Laguna del Navío (pond); 6370 m at 304°: Melilla (locality); 8170 m at 142°: Laguna de los Cabezos (pond); 9030 m at 298°: Pozo Dulce (hamlet); 9090 m at 255°: Pérez Dos (locality); 11210 m at 237°: San Juan Uno (settlement).

Cayo Mujeres: distances

8280 m at 265°: Kilo 9; 18940 m at 246°: El Asiento; 21100 m at 166°: Las Charcas; 42880 m at 68°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 172700 m at 119°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 30180 m at 10°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 27450 m at 48°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Mujeres: close by

910 m at 298°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 1780 m at 291°: Cayo Haití (cay); 2170 m at 359°: Cayo El Toro (cay); 4020 m at 355°: Cayo Caimitos (cay); 4350 m at 356°: Cayo Estilla (cay); 5200 m at 357°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 6740 m at 351°: Cayo Yana (cay); 7300 m at 347°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 8470 m at 330°: Cayo Ladrones (cay); 11360 m at 155°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 11450 m at 118°: Isla de Turiguano (cay); 12000 m at 307°: Base de Pesca Particular (fishing).

Cayo Mujeres: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 4 schools, 4 salt works, 3 factories & works, 2 mines & quarries, 1 camp sites, 1 hospitals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 fuel stations, 1 markets & malls.

8300 m at 318°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites); 10120 m at 318°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 11050 m at 306°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 12890 m at 303°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Mujeres: marine life records

8 records of 6 species within 10 km, 2019 to 2025: 8 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 2.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Dendrocygna arborea, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Larus delawarensis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Cayo Mujeres: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.