Cayo Negrito

Cayo Negrito: coast and water

280 m at 287°: Punta Negrito (point); 990 m at 188°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 1230 m at 24°: Ensenada del Diablo (cove); 1260 m at 246°: Ensenada de La Luisa (cove); 1810 m at 78°: Punta del Mango (point); 2020 m at 175°: Punta de Simón Cordero (point); 2200 m at 125°: Estero de Punta Julia (estuary); 2220 m at 91°: Punta Arenas (point).

Cayo Negrito: islands

3920 m at 108°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 3930 m at 35°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 3930 m at 35°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 4520 m at 103°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 5100 m at 105°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 5660 m at 81°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 6840 m at 93°: Cayo Almeja (island); 7160 m at 83°: Cayo Blanco (island); 7500 m at 80°: Cayo Buenavista (island).

Cayo Negrito: inland

1470 m at 289°: Cayo Negrito (settlement); 1500 m at 231°: El Muelle (settlement); 2680 m at 121°: El Cuarentenario (locality); 3730 m at 146°: San Claudio (stream); 4570 m at 117°: Silvio Caro (settlement); 4610 m at 121°: Las Delicias (locality).

Cayo Negrito: distances

4800 m at 113°: Playa La Luisa; 8570 m at 98°: Cabañas; 18580 m at 241°: Bahía Honda; 61040 m at 90°: José Martí International Airport ; 26150 m at 89°: Port of Mariel (port); 52720 m at 77°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 14410 m at 169°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Negrito: close by

1000 m at 188°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 3910 m at 108°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 3920 m at 35°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 3920 m at 35°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay); 4530 m at 103°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 5100 m at 105°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 5660 m at 81°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 6840 m at 93°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 7160 m at 83°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 7500 m at 80°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 8180 m at 89°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 8230 m at 90°: Cayo Puchi (cay).

Cayo Negrito: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 3 schools, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 peaks & volcanoes, 2 camp sites, 2 places of worship, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 guest houses & hostels, 2 farms & plantations, 2 power plants.

2520 m at 303°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 8280 m at 99°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 8640 m at 97°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 8770 m at 102°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 9190 m at 70°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 9860 m at 205°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 10720 m at 161°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 11550 m at 149°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 13510 m at 163°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 14410 m at 169°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario (parks & reserves).

Cayo Negrito: marine life records

2813 records of 2710 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 829 other, 482 molluscs, 427 fish, 403 crustaceans, 285 corals, 243 echinoderms, 57 sponges, 51 sharks and rays, 19 seabirds and shorebirds, 17 marine mammals. That is 895.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Xiphias gladius, 11 (fish); Crinometra brevipinna, 8 (echinoderms); Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, 7 (fish); Leptopecten bavayi, 4 (molluscs); Thunnus albacares, 4 (fish); Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 3 (other); Coryphaena hippurus, 3 (fish); Argopecten nucleus, 3 (molluscs); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 3 (other); Lafoea dumosa, 3 (corals); Bythocypris affinis, 2 (other); Ellisella elongata, 2 (corals).

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

Cayo Negrito: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Negrito

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 2.5 km away.