Cayo Pajonal

Cayo Pajonal: coast and water

5090 m at 294°: Punta La Tocinera (point); 11460 m at 154°: Punta de Guaqueyes (point); 13520 m at 148°: Canal del Martín (channel); 14920 m at 179°: Laguna La Tinaja (lagoon); 14950 m at 197°: Playa Jáquete (beach); 15100 m at 176°: Laguna Niña Bonita (lagoon); 15190 m at 188°: Ensenada de Higuereta (cove); 15740 m at 221°: Laguna de los Barretos (lagoon).

Cayo Pajonal: islands

4550 m at 187°: Cayos de la Tocinera (island group); 8790 m at 275°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 9110 m at 168°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (island); 9930 m at 306°: Cayo La Vela (island); 12930 m at 292°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 18280 m at 283°: Cayo Culebra (island); 23260 m at 283°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 24680 m at 285°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 26220 m at 279°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 27220 m at 276°: Cayo Chubasco (island); 27510 m at 159°: Cayo Mojabraga (island); 29440 m at 284°: Cayo Hachuela (island).

Cayo Pajonal: inland

15000 m at 205°: Playa Emilio Córdova (settlement); 15430 m at 170°: Sagua la Chica (stream); 15890 m at 170°: Veguita (locality); 19240 m at 175°: Laguna Río Verde (pond); 19350 m at 182°: Gesoria (settlement); 19560 m at 192°: Estrella Vieja (settlement).

Cayo Pajonal: distances

14910 m at 205°: Playa Nazábal; 18290 m at 207°: Emilio Córdova; 19020 m at 168°: Playa Juan Francisco; 52000 m at 212°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 113640 m at 224°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 109270 m at 108°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Pajonal: close by

3920 m at 225°: Cayos Pajonal (cay); 4410 m at 229°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 4550 m at 187°: Cayos de la Tocinera (island group); 5740 m at 176°: Cayo Marcos (cay); 8260 m at 259°: Cayo Alto (cay); 8790 m at 275°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 9120 m at 168°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (cay); 9680 m at 293°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 9940 m at 306°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 10300 m at 306°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 10940 m at 263°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 11620 m at 124°: Roca Vinson (cay).

Cayo Pajonal: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 police & fire.

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Cayo Pajonal: marine life records

923 records of 119 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2017: 516 fish, 278 corals, 127 sponges, 2 other. That is 293.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella faveolata, 47 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 46 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 42 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 39 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 39 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 32 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 31 (fish); Acropora palmata, 31 (corals); Demospongiae, 31 (sponges); Millepora complanata, 29 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 23 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 22 (fish).

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

Cayo Pajonal: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Pajonal

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Fragoso stands about 14 km away.