Cayo Pájaro

Cayo Pájaro: coast and water

540 m at 287°: Ensenada de Jaguey (cove); 760 m at 37°: Punta de Madrazo (point); 1050 m at 54°: Bajo Piedra de Madrazo (shoal); 1050 m at 54°: Ensenada de Madrazo (cove); 1050 m at 54°: Punta Guano (point); 2230 m at 315°: Ensenada de La Caoba (cove); 2610 m at 19°: Pasa Maestra (channel); 2610 m at 19°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 2610 m at 19°: Fondeadero Corojal (anchorage); 2610 m at 341°: Bajo de la Caoba (shoal); 2610 m at 341°: Estero Corojal (estuary); 2610 m at 341°: Pasa de Corojal (channel); 2610 m at 341°: Pasa Cuarterola (channel); 2610 m at 341°: Pasa de la Caoba (channel); 2610 m at 321°: Punta Almejas (point); 3320 m at 33°: Punta la Cazuela (point).

Cayo Pájaro: islands

1410 m at 60°: Cayo El Chivo (island); 3320 m at 344°: Cayo Corojal (islet); 3390 m at 25°: Cayo del Muerto (island).

Cayo Pájaro: inland

1050 m at 54°: Madrazo (locality); 1500 m at 215°: Arroyo Bejucal (stream); 2590 m at 286°: Patricio Lumumba (settlement); 2840 m at 244°: Central Harlem (sugar mill); 3200 m at 165°: Loma del Coayal (hill); 3380 m at 60°: Nazareno (stream); 3590 m at 121°: Vaquería Montaña (ranch); 4330 m at 156°: Arroyo Salado (settlement); 4520 m at 312°: Corojalito (locality); 4840 m at 286°: El Callao (locality); 4860 m at 203°: Campo Bonito (locality); 5240 m at 75°: Carambola (stream).

Cayo Pájaro: distances

2640 m at 154°: Bahía Honda; 14720 m at 280°: Playa Morrillo; 15330 m at 251°: Arroyo de Piedra; 78710 m at 85°: José Martí International Airport ; 44060 m at 81°: Port of Mariel (port); 71190 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 21560 m at 110°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario; 31980 m at 227°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Pájaro: close by

1410 m at 60°: Cayo El Chivo (cay); 3320 m at 344°: Cayo Corojal (cay); 3390 m at 25°: Cayo del Muerto (cay); 7210 m at 354°: Cabeza Guano de Genaro (reef); 7210 m at 354°: Cabezo Guano de Genaro (reef); 8210 m at 347°: Cabezo del Jorobado (reef); 8230 m at 337°: Cayuelo La Poza (cay); 13810 m at 281°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 14450 m at 275°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 18080 m at 268°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 18140 m at 72°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 18600 m at 69°: Cayo Negrito (cay).

Cayo Pájaro: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 peaks & volcanoes, 7 guest houses & hostels, 5 coral reefs, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 factories & works, 3 historic & heritage, 2 government & embassies, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 hospitals.

450 m at 35°: Vista al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 2510 m at 161°: Casa Gualberto y Deysi (guest houses & hostels); 2940 m at 154°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 3010 m at 154°: Parque de las Madres (urban parks & plazas); 3080 m at 151°: Museo municipal (museums); 3350 m at 143°: Villa Tita (guest houses & hostels); 3570 m at 135°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 6350 m at 21°: Fuerte de San Fernando (historic & heritage); 8220 m at 169°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11200 m at 167°: Loma Caldoso (peaks & volcanoes); 11640 m at 182°: Loma El Chivo🐐 (peaks & volcanoes); 12390 m at 286°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 13580 m at 162°: Loma El Tibisí (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Pájaro: marine life records

38 records of 27 species within 10 km, 1877 to 2003: 17 molluscs, 10 fish, 5 corals, 3 crustaceans, 2 marine mammals, 1 sponges. That is 12.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Argopecten nucleus, 3 (molluscs); Gobiomorus dormitor, 3 (fish); Lindapecten exasperatus, 2 (molluscs); Dajaus monticola, 2 (fish); Limia vittata, 2 (fish); Physeter macrocephalus, 2 (marine mammals); Leptopecten bavayi, 2 (molluscs); Gardineria simplex, 2 (corals); Paracyathus pulchellus, 2 (corals); Euvola chazaliei, 1 (molluscs); Awaous tajasica, 1 (fish); Euvola ziczac, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Pájaro: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Pájaro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta del Morillo stands about 6.4 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Gobernadora stands about 8.5 km away.