Cayo Pájaro

Cayo Pájaro: coast and water

1250 m at 52°: Punta Maternillos (point); 1340 m at 48°: Faro de Colón (lighthouse); 2980 m at 143°: Ensenada Playa Bonita (bay); 6770 m at 297°: Punta Central (point); 7730 m at 136°: Punta de Prácticos (point); 7930 m at 146°: Punta Peña Redonda (point); 9750 m at 160°: Punta Mantequilla (point); 12200 m at 172°: Punta Júcaro (point).

Cayo Pájaro: islands

10330 m at 164°: Cayo La Música (island); 14370 m at 196°: Cayo Ballenato Grande (island group); 15350 m at 275°: Cayo Sabinal (island); 15600 m at 201°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 16300 m at 204°: Cayo Ballenato Chico (island group); 19500 m at 219°: Cayo Puto (island); 22970 m at 277°: Cayo Los Casimbones Sur de Sabinal (islet); 27790 m at 281°: Cayo Pájaro (island).

Cayo Pájaro: inland

10210 m at 234°: Lagos Carraguaos (pond); 11370 m at 299°: Playa Los Pinos (settlement); 13740 m at 220°: Puerto Bufadero (settlement); 13770 m at 130°: Hotel Villa Tararaco (hotel); 14140 m at 223°: Puerto Tarafa (settlement); 14930 m at 132°: Cuatro Vientos/ Brisas Santa Lucia (hotel).

Cayo Pájaro: distances

7790 m at 152°: Playa Chuch; 8860 m at 130°: Playa la Boca; 14270 m at 210°: Puerto de Pastelillo; 76680 m at 250°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 16220 m at 224°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 187120 m at 304°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 2550 m at 280°: Reserva Ecológica Maternillos Tortuguilla; 9210 m at 169°: Refugio de la Fauna; 15100 m at 200°: Reserva Natural Los Ballenatos.

Cayo Pájaro: close by

1650 m at 350°: Arrecife Cayo Sabinal (reef); 8740 m at 332°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 10140 m at 118°: Arrecife Playa Santa Lucía (reef); 10330 m at 164°: Cayo La Música (cay); 12380 m at 121°: Arrecife Playa Santa Lucía (reef); 13640 m at 205°: Antiguo Espigón (fishing); 13670 m at 130°: Base Náutica Marlin (reef); 13860 m at 225°: Puerto Tarafa (fishing); 13980 m at 232°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 14300 m at 227°: El Barco Hundido (reef); 14370 m at 196°: Cayo Ballenato Grande (island group); 15070 m at 132°: Centro de Buceo Sharks Friends (reef).

Cayo Pájaro: on and around

Within 15 km: 26 coral reefs, 11 guest houses & hostels, 10 factories & works, 7 stations & terminals, 4 cement, steel & shipyards, 3 government & embassies, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 2 parks & reserves, 2 historic & heritage, 2 stores & supermarkets.

2550 m at 280°: Reserva Ecológica Maternillos Tortuguilla (parks & reserves); 5910 m at 149°: Playa Bonita (stations & terminals); 7810 m at 135°: Casa de Renta (guest houses & hostels); 7860 m at 135°: Hostal Coco Beach (guest houses & hostels); 7880 m at 136°: Casa de Renta Betty (guest houses & hostels); 8270 m at 148°: La Boca (stations & terminals); 8380 m at 155°: Fuerte de San Hilario (historic & heritage); 9210 m at 169°: Refugio de la Fauna (parks & reserves); 11110 m at 133°: Flamingo (attractions); 13490 m at 132°: Transtur (stations & terminals); 13620 m at 214°: Estación de Amoníaco (stations & terminals); 13690 m at 130°: Marlin (stations & terminals); 13700 m at 130°: Catamarán y Lanchas (marinas).

Cayo Pájaro: marine life records

189 records of 50 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2017: 117 sponges, 62 corals, 5 fish, 4 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 60.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 30 (sponges); Stichopathes, 18 (corals); Plexauridae, 18 (corals); Agelas, 13 (sponges); Xestospongia, 11 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 9 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 9 (sponges); Aplysina fulva, 7 (sponges); Agelas citrina, 6 (sponges); Chironephthya caribaea, 5 (corals); Ellisella, 5 (corals); Stylasteridae, 4 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Nov 4.

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 de Punta Maternillos stands about 1.3 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Nuevitas stands about 7.7 km away.