Cayo Pájaros

Cayo Pájaros: coast and water

1850 m at 180°: Punta Guayo (point); 3180 m at 90°: Punta Juaquín (point); 3460 m at 90°: Punta Barlovento (point); 3740 m at 170°: Punta Gorda (point); 4380 m at 124°: Ensenada Juana Consuegra (cove); 4670 m at 126°: Ensenada Ramona (bay); 5120 m at 142°: Punta Cabo (point); 5460 m at 148°: Punta Manatí (point).

Cayo Pájaros: islands

2060 m at 172°: Cayo Alto (island); 2540 m at 137°: Cayo Juanito (island); 3710 m at 180°: Cayo Limón (island); 3930 m at 118°: Cayo Bruja (island); 4100 m at 155°: Cayo Turrones (island); 5080 m at 137°: Cayo Medio (island); 6290 m at 147°: Cayo Rosario (island); 6550 m at 148°: Cayo Largo (island); 6810 m at 140°: Cayo Arena (island); 7280 m at 134°: Cayo Ratones (island); 7510 m at 130°: Cayo Quemado (island); 10560 m at 260°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Cayo Pájaros: inland

3710 m at 180°: Río Limones (stream); 4100 m at 155°: Río Tánamo (stream); 5390 m at 185°: Tánamo (settlement); 5520 m at 110°: El Canal (locality); 6050 m at 289°: Río Téneme (stream); 7550 m at 150°: Río Grande (stream).

Cayo Pájaros: distances

3090 m at 240°: Barrederas; 5520 m at 290°: Playa Barrederas; 5560 m at 180°: Playa Tánamo; 96160 m at 114°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 42800 m at 289°: Port of Antilla (port); 98880 m at 214°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 20010 m at 202°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Pájaros: close by

2060 m at 172°: Cayo Alto (cay); 2540 m at 137°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 3710 m at 180°: Cayo Limón (cay); 3930 m at 118°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 4090 m at 155°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 5080 m at 137°: Cayo Medio (cay); 6290 m at 147°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 6550 m at 148°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6810 m at 140°: Cayo Arena (cay); 7280 m at 134°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 7510 m at 130°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 10560 m at 260°: Cayo Ratón (cay).

Cayo Pájaros: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 3 guest houses & hostels, 3 schools, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 government & embassies, 2 camp sites, 1 sugar mills & refineries, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 places of worship, 1 garages & car services.

9940 m at 126°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 10000 m at 158°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 10350 m at 125°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 10420 m at 125°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 10490 m at 123°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 10710 m at 122°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 10940 m at 120°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 11970 m at 282°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 13710 m at 241°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites).

Cayo Pájaros: marine life records

23 records of 16 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 4 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish); Crassinella, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Pájaros: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.