Cayo Purgatorio

Cayo Purgatorio: coast and water

1220 m at 205°: Ensenada de Mora (bay); 1740 m at 270°: Laguna Seca (lagoon); 2030 m at 228°: Punta Purgatorio (point); 2050 m at 157°: Punta Hicacos (point); 2830 m at 80°: Caleta las Tunalitas (bay); 5140 m at 210°: Punta Brava (point); 7600 m at 86°: Punta Tiburcio (point); 7950 m at 228°: Ensenada de las Puercas (cove); 8140 m at 85°: Ensenada Clemente (cove); 9430 m at 11°: Vegas del Purial (estuary); 9940 m at 86°: Ensenada Piojo (cove); 10450 m at 90°: Portillito (point); 12170 m at 242°: Punta Monje (point); 12650 m at 87°: Punta Farallones (point); 13080 m at 83°: Punta Medio (point); 13160 m at 90°: Puerto Portillo (bay).

Cayo Purgatorio: islands

1680 m at 221°: Cayo Redondo (island); 2640 m at 99°: Cayo Huevo (island); 3490 m at 90°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 4400 m at 92°: Cayo Blanco (island).

Cayo Purgatorio: inland

0 m at 270°: Pilón (airfield); 720 m at 307°: Central Luis E. Carracedo (sugar mill); 2540 m at 223°: Río Dos Bocas (stream); 2710 m at 327°: La Represa (district); 3230 m at 61°: La Aguada (hamlet); 5210 m at 73°: Tiburcio (settlement); 5540 m at 70°: Loma Aguada (mountain); 5550 m at 250°: Reventón (hamlet); 6430 m at 359°: Los Corrales (settlement); 6850 m at 334°: Las Cajas (settlement); 6970 m at 270°: Arroyo San Antonio (stream); 7280 m at 5°: La Jagüita (settlement).

Cayo Purgatorio: distances

730 m at 324°: Pilón; 29900 m at 335°: Media Luna; 31850 m at 301°: Niquero; 49390 m at 29°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 151420 m at 87°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 150630 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 21530 m at 264°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayo Purgatorio: close by

1680 m at 221°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 2640 m at 99°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 3490 m at 90°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 4400 m at 92°: Cayo Blanco (cay).

Cayo Purgatorio: on and around

Within 15 km: 18 guest houses & hostels, 8 coral reefs, 6 government & embassies, 6 places of worship, 5 schools, 4 museums, 3 attractions, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 2 garages & car services, 2 banks & exchange.

460 m at 297°: Embarcadero de Pilón (attractions); 1000 m at 315°: Casa Museo Celia Sánchez Manduley (museums); 1220 m at 299°: Cine (theatres & arts); 1230 m at 286°: Casa de Osmel (guest houses & hostels); 1230 m at 300°: Terminal de Ómnibus Pilón (stations & terminals); 1240 m at 325°: Complejo Sierra Maestra (stadiums & sport); 1260 m at 301°: Parque Central de Pilón (urban parks & plazas); 1270 m at 318°: Hotel sol Caribe (guest houses & hostels); 1320 m at 306°: Casa Humberto (guest houses & hostels); 3250 m at 257°: Parque de Avestruces (attractions); 3300 m at 49°: Mirador (attractions); 8890 m at 84°: Jardín de Cactus (urban parks & plazas); 10330 m at 8°: Cinco Palmas (museums).

Cayo Purgatorio: marine life records

71 records of 64 species within 10 km, 1877 to 2013: 55 molluscs, 5 fish, 5 sponges, 2 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals, 1 corals, 1 other. That is 22.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Lychnocystis superstes, 2 (sponges); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Codakia orbicularis, 2 (molluscs); Turbo castanea, 2 (molluscs); Cyrtaulon sigsbeei, 2 (sponges); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Pyramidellidae, 2 (molluscs); Laevicardium serratum, 1 (molluscs); Strongylura timucu, 1 (fish); Lucina pensylvanica, 1 (molluscs); Ctenoides scaber, 1 (molluscs); Turbonilla, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Purgatorio: notes

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