Cayo Portillo

Cayo Portillo: coast and water

3550 m at 297°: Ensenada de la Sevilla (cove); 5400 m at 253°: Estero de Huevo Frito (lagoon); 5820 m at 333°: Torrentera de Cayo Cedro (channel); 6740 m at 177°: Punta de la Teja (point); 7160 m at 35°: Canalizo Punta Arenas (channel); 8210 m at 35°: Punta Arenas (point); 8610 m at 314°: Laguna de Cayo Cedro (lagoon); 10960 m at 26°: Las Coloradas (reef).

Cayo Portillo: islands

950 m at 33°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 7890 m at 36°: Cayo Ranas (island); 8230 m at 106°: Cayo Rioja (island); 10460 m at 283°: Cayo la Muerte (island); 12910 m at 293°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 14860 m at 288°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 15570 m at 324°: Cayo Galindito (island); 16450 m at 305°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (island); 16770 m at 106°: Cayo Negro (island); 18860 m at 276°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (island); 19220 m at 315°: Cayo Cruz del Padre (island); 21320 m at 308°: Cayo La Pluma (island).

Cayo Portillo: inland

7330 m at 160°: Lagunitas (locality); 9880 m at 151°: Los Alemanes (locality); 9950 m at 178°: Bolaños (settlement); 10680 m at 172°: Las Marías (hamlet); 11390 m at 209°: Duquesne (locality); 11700 m at 198°: Casualidad (hamlet).

Cayo Portillo: distances

7470 m at 176°: Salinas La Teja; 7520 m at 150°: Salinas Bidos; 10130 m at 215°: Playa Musulmanes; 68150 m at 260°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 81500 m at 263°: Port of Matanzas (port); 36050 m at 273°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 25740 m at 297°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 38550 m at 278°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 38790 m at 279°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Portillo: close by

950 m at 33°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 2780 m at 39°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6840 m at 312°: Cayo Cedro (cay); 7260 m at 119°: Cayos Inglés (island group); 7890 m at 36°: Cayo Ranas (cay); 8230 m at 106°: Cayo Rioja (cay); 8350 m at 45°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 8620 m at 303°: Cayo Hornilla (cay); 8910 m at 51°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 10170 m at 68°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 10450 m at 283°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 10960 m at 26°: Las Coloradas (reef).

Cayo Portillo: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 salt works.

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Cayo Portillo: marine life records

4 records of 4 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2013: 2 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 fish. That is 1.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Cerithideopsis, 1 (molluscs); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physiculus fulvus, 1 (fish); Cerithideopsis costata, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Portillo: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.