Cayo Negro

Cayo Negro: coast and water

5000 m at 155°: Laguna Tronconera (lagoon); 5660 m at 204°: Punta Chicharrón (point); 6300 m at 202°: Ensenada de Millones (cove); 7010 m at 180°: Punta los Jimaguas (point); 7220 m at 105°: Laguna La Bola (lagoon); 9900 m at 234°: Ensenada de Sierra Morena (bay); 9950 m at 126°: Punta del Negro Congo (point); 11140 m at 108°: Laguna Joaquín Pérez (lagoon).

Cayo Negro: islands

2150 m at 152°: Cayo La Solapa (island); 2250 m at 62°: Cayo Gallina (island); 4520 m at 322°: Cayo Frío (island); 5170 m at 244°: Cayo Chino (island); 5200 m at 113°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 5360 m at 353°: Cayo Picheles (island); 6010 m at 226°: Cayo Tricornia (island); 7310 m at 59°: Cayo Partido (island); 8070 m at 242°: Cayo Parguete (island); 8560 m at 41°: Cayo Alto (island); 11310 m at 62°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 13270 m at 39°: Pichado Key (historical) (island).

Cayo Negro: inland

10680 m at 180°: María Josefa (locality); 11100 m at 193°: Ferreiro (hamlet); 11150 m at 224°: La Panchita (settlement); 11260 m at 200°: Mercedita (locality); 11620 m at 202°: Villa Verde (hamlet); 12540 m at 192°: Crimea (hamlet).

Cayo Negro: distances

8660 m at 193°: Salinas del Jatal; 14080 m at 254°: Playa La Fe; 15680 m at 199°: Rancho Veloz; 70960 m at 145°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 96590 m at 186°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 82480 m at 282°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 29200 m at 136°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Negro: close by

1300 m at 356°: Cayo Cayeras (cay); 1660 m at 166°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (cay); 2150 m at 152°: Cayo La Solapa (cay); 2250 m at 62°: Cayo Gallina (cay); 2470 m at 227°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 3700 m at 39°: Cayo Coco (cay); 4340 m at 207°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 4400 m at 128°: Cayo Guajiro (cay); 4440 m at 268°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 4510 m at 322°: Cayo Frío (cay); 5170 m at 244°: Cayo Chino (cay); 5200 m at 113°: Cayo Tío Juan (cay).

Cayo Negro: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 salt works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 schools, 1 farms & plantations, 1 camp sites.

10950 m at 224°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14160 m at 252°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites).

Cayo Negro: marine life records

19 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 16 marine mammals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 6.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 15 (marine mammals); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pluvialis squatarola, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Onustus longleyi, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 16.

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

Cayo Negro: notes

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