Cayo Pájaro

Cayo Pájaro: coast and water

3290 m at 235°: Punta Hicacos (point); 4130 m at 82°: Punta Tiburcio (point); 4150 m at 255°: Ensenada de Mora (bay); 4680 m at 81°: Ensenada Clemente (cove); 5180 m at 255°: Punta Purgatorio (point); 5220 m at 270°: Laguna Seca (lagoon); 6470 m at 83°: Ensenada Piojo (cove); 6970 m at 90°: Portillito (point); 7520 m at 234°: Punta Brava (point); 9170 m at 86°: Punta Farallones (point); 9430 m at 349°: Vegas del Purial (estuary); 9640 m at 80°: Punta Medio (point); 9670 m at 91°: Puerto Portillo (bay); 10810 m at 241°: Ensenada de las Puercas (cove); 12190 m at 90°: Punta Piedras (point); 14230 m at 90°: Punta Mota (point).

Cayo Pájaro: islands

920 m at 98°: Cayo Blanco (island); 960 m at 245°: Cayo Huevo (island); 3490 m at 270°: Cayo Purgatorio (island); 4760 m at 255°: Cayo Redondo (island).

Cayo Pájaro: inland

2120 m at 45°: Tiburcio (settlement); 2590 m at 330°: Saturnino (settlement); 4350 m at 10°: Boniato (settlement); 5090 m at 317°: Purgatorio (locality); 5090 m at 268°: Río Purgatorio (stream); 5440 m at 295°: La Represa (district); 5550 m at 250°: Ciudad Pesquera Pescadores de Pilón (settlement); 5610 m at 273°: La Durañona (settlement); 6280 m at 80°: Arroyo Corona (stream); 6820 m at 22°: La Jocuma (settlement); 7630 m at 43°: Ranchoso (locality); 7860 m at 52°: Arroyo Ranchoso de Portillo (stream).

Cayo Pájaro: distances

3960 m at 279°: Pilón; 31520 m at 330°: Media Luna; 34880 m at 298°: Niquero; 47800 m at 25°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 147940 m at 87°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 147150 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 25010 m at 265°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayo Pájaro: close by

920 m at 98°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 960 m at 245°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 3490 m at 270°: Cayo Purgatorio (cay); 4760 m at 255°: Cayo Redondo (cay).

Cayo Pájaro: on and around

Within 15 km: 18 guest houses & hostels, 8 coral reefs, 7 schools, 6 places of worship, 6 government & embassies, 3 attractions, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 urban parks & plazas, 2 garages & car services.

2400 m at 335°: Mirador (attractions); 3900 m at 273°: Embarcadero de Pilón (attractions); 4250 m at 280°: Casa Museo Celia Sánchez Manduley (museums); 4320 m at 284°: Complejo Sierra Maestra (stadiums & sport); 4420 m at 285°: Casa Lidia (guest houses & hostels); 4440 m at 282°: Hotel sol Caribe (guest houses & hostels); 4590 m at 277°: Cine (theatres & arts); 4600 m at 278°: Terminal de Ómnibus Pilón (stations & terminals); 4600 m at 278°: Parque Central de Pilón (urban parks & plazas); 4610 m at 280°: Casa Humberto (guest houses & hostels); 5430 m at 80°: Jardín de Cactus (urban parks & plazas); 6690 m at 264°: Parque de Avestruces (attractions); 10410 m at 349°: Cinco Palmas (museums).

Cayo Pájaro: marine life records

87 records of 80 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2018: 67 molluscs, 6 fish, 5 crustaceans, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 27.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Prunum guttatum, 2 (molluscs); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Codakia orbicularis, 2 (molluscs); Turbo castanea, 2 (molluscs); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pyramidellidae, 2 (molluscs); Laevicardium serratum, 1 (molluscs); Strongylura timucu, 1 (fish); Lucina pensylvanica, 1 (molluscs); Ctenoides scaber, 1 (molluscs); Turbonilla, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Pájaro: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.