Cayo Parguete

Cayo Parguete: coast and water

5010 m at 106°: Punta Chicharrón (point); 5280 m at 119°: Punta Jutía (point); 6530 m at 126°: Pasas Las Calderas (channel); 7840 m at 114°: Punta los Jimaguas (point); 8610 m at 105°: Punta de Jesús (point); 9160 m at 83°: Punta de Chicho (point); 12570 m at 324°: Bahía de Santa Clara (bay); 14250 m at 82°: Laguna La Bola (lagoon).

Cayo Parguete: islands

2210 m at 256°: Cayo Flamencos (island); 2900 m at 59°: Cayo Chino (island); 8550 m at 31°: Cayo Frío (island); 8670 m at 54°: Cayo Cayeras (island); 9930 m at 356°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 10320 m at 62°: Cayo Gallina (island); 10650 m at 84°: Cayo Guajiro (island); 11150 m at 35°: Cayo Picheles (island); 11280 m at 3°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 11560 m at 55°: Cayo Coco (island); 12060 m at 81°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 14830 m at 15°: Cayo Cera (island).

Cayo Parguete: inland

4250 m at 189°: La Panchita (settlement); 6150 m at 203°: San Rafael (settlement); 6640 m at 252°: Sucesores de Hoyos (locality); 6820 m at 257°: Vergara (locality); 6990 m at 238°: La Conchita (hamlet); 7590 m at 158°: Villa Verde (hamlet).

Cayo Parguete: distances

6410 m at 269°: Playa La Fe; 6930 m at 132°: Salinas del Jatal; 11220 m at 170°: Rancho Veloz; 72430 m at 138°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 92330 m at 182°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 76430 m at 285°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 32390 m at 122°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Parguete: close by

2210 m at 256°: Cayo Flamencos (cay); 2870 m at 99°: Cayo Tricornia (cay); 2900 m at 58°: Cayo Chino (cay); 3880 m at 351°: Cayo Triste (cay); 4530 m at 36°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 5170 m at 91°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 5730 m at 69°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 7550 m at 321°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 7830 m at 74°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (cay); 8070 m at 62°: Cayo Negro (cay); 8340 m at 77°: Cayo La Solapa (cay); 8450 m at 11°: Cayo Redondo (cay).

Cayo Parguete: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 schools, 3 camp sites, 2 stores & supermarkets, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 farms & plantations, 1 salt works, 1 fuel stations, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 historic & heritage.

4120 m at 187°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 6370 m at 265°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 11250 m at 170°: Casa de la Cultura (theatres & arts); 11270 m at 170°: Parque Rancho Veloz (urban parks & plazas); 11280 m at 170°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 11300 m at 169°: Terminal de Ómnibus Rancho Veloz (stations & terminals); 12600 m at 271°: Campismo Ganuza (camp sites); 13720 m at 274°: Campismo El Salto (camp sites); 14990 m at 269°: Horizonte (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Parguete: marine life records

21 records of 18 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 15 crustaceans, 3 marine mammals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 6.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 2 (marine mammals); Dynamenella perforata, 2 (crustaceans); Carpias algicola, 2 (crustaceans); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cirolana parva, 1 (crustaceans); Mesanthura pulchra, 1 (crustaceans); Machatrium spathulicarpus, 1 (crustaceans); Exosphaeroma productatelson, 1 (crustaceans); Amakusanthura signata, 1 (crustaceans); Apanthuroides millae, 1 (crustaceans); Gnathia virginalis, 1 (crustaceans).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 3.

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

Cayo Parguete: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.