Cayo Puchi

Cayo Puchi: coast and water

790 m at 246°: Ensenada de Puchi (cove); 950 m at 324°: Ensenada de Matahambre (cove); 980 m at 240°: Punta Vicente (point); 980 m at 240°: Ensenada del Alambique (cove); 1000 m at 285°: Bajo Almeja (shoal); 1500 m at 349°: Laguna Madre de Agua (lagoon); 1600 m at 328°: Punta Herradura (point); 1990 m at 15°: Laguna de Mala Habitación (lagoon).

Cayo Puchi: islands

100 m at 331°: Cayo del Medio (island); 460 m at 41°: Cayo Rojo (island); 830 m at 36°: Cayo García (island); 1390 m at 306°: Cayo Blanco (island); 1440 m at 258°: Cayo Almeja (island); 1600 m at 328°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 2760 m at 288°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 3560 m at 248°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 3970 m at 255°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 4660 m at 255°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 6780 m at 298°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 6780 m at 298°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island).

Cayo Puchi: inland

320 m at 115°: Playa Buena Vista (settlement); 1900 m at 183°: El Recreo (locality); 1940 m at 34°: Dominica (stream); 2070 m at 344°: Herradura (locality); 3200 m at 246°: Cayo Coro (settlement); 3330 m at 345°: Loma Herradura (hill).

Cayo Puchi: distances

1150 m at 167°: Cabañas; 4240 m at 244°: Playa La Luisa; 12190 m at 65°: Playa Boca Ciega; 52810 m at 90°: José Martí International Airport ; 17920 m at 89°: Port of Mariel (port); 44740 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 15100 m at 201°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Puchi: close by

110 m at 331°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 460 m at 40°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 830 m at 36°: Cayo García (cay); 1390 m at 306°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 1430 m at 257°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 1600 m at 328°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 2770 m at 288°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 3550 m at 248°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 3960 m at 255°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 4660 m at 255°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 6780 m at 298°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 6780 m at 298°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo Puchi: on and around

Within 15 km: 15 factories & works, 11 mines & quarries, 9 guest houses & hostels, 9 farms & plantations, 6 coral reefs, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 schools, 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 fuel stations, 3 historic & heritage.

1060 m at 161°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 1300 m at 182°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 1840 m at 169°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 3170 m at 8°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 9690 m at 94°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9900 m at 133°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 10140 m at 193°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 10440 m at 278°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 11040 m at 100°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 11230 m at 205°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 11570 m at 73°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 13210 m at 151°: El Mirador (attractions); 13410 m at 185°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Puchi: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 560 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 99 sponges, 98 seagrass and algae, 76 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 sharks and rays, 20 marine mammals, 2 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 5 (other); Xiphias gladius, 5 (fish); Lecithochirium musculus, 5 (other); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 4 (other); Aponurus laguncula, 4 (other); Apharyngostrigea cornu, 4 (other); Parorchis acanthus, 4 (other); Echinochasmus schwartzi, 4 (other); Calliostoma pulchrum, 3 (molluscs); Renicola glandoloba, 3 (other); Ptilocaulis aulopora, 3 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 3 (corals).

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

Cayo Puchi: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Puchi

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 5.9 km away.