Cayo Quemado

Cayo Quemado: coast and water

1580 m at 47°: Ensenada del Canal (cove); 2440 m at 252°: Bahía Río Grande (bay); 2710 m at 287°: Punta Cabo (point); 3470 m at 273°: Punta Diamante (point); 3690 m at 292°: Bahía Sagua de Tánamo (bay); 4120 m at 315°: Punta Maria-Habana (point); 4830 m at 353°: Punta de los Médanos (point); 5230 m at 282°: Punta Gorda (point).

Cayo Quemado: islands

660 m at 242°: Cayo Ratones (island); 1520 m at 252°: Cayo Arena (island); 2360 m at 259°: Cayo Rosario (island); 2440 m at 252°: Cayo Largo (island); 2550 m at 295°: Cayo Medio (island); 3740 m at 322°: Cayo Bruja (island); 4180 m at 285°: Cayo Turrones (island); 5000 m at 306°: Cayo Juanito (island); 5880 m at 281°: Cayo Limón (island); 6140 m at 297°: Cayo Alto (island); 7510 m at 310°: Cayo Pájaros (island).

Cayo Quemado: inland

2990 m at 349°: El Canal (locality); 3450 m at 178°: Vidalina (settlement); 3970 m at 191°: Arroyón (settlement); 4120 m at 259°: Molasses (settlement); 4440 m at 277°: Punta Gorda (settlement); 4810 m at 15°: Canal Cinco (settlement).

Cayo Quemado: distances

1680 m at 126°: Frank País; 3140 m at 108°: Cayo Mambí; 5830 m at 262°: Playa Tánamo; 88960 m at 113°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 36910 m at 92°: Port of Moa (port); 98410 m at 218°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 19080 m at 224°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Quemado: close by

660 m at 242°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 1520 m at 252°: Cayo Arena (cay); 2360 m at 259°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 2440 m at 252°: Cayo Largo (cay); 2550 m at 295°: Cayo Medio (cay); 3740 m at 322°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 4190 m at 285°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 5000 m at 306°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 5880 m at 281°: Cayo Limón (cay); 6140 m at 297°: Cayo Alto (cay); 7510 m at 310°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 7710 m at 60°: Camaronera (fishing).

Cayo Quemado: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 schools, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 government & embassies, 3 places of worship, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 banks & exchange, 3 coral reefs, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stations & terminals, 2 theatres & arts.

2500 m at 114°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 2930 m at 114°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 3010 m at 113°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 3140 m at 108°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 3400 m at 106°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 3730 m at 102°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 4910 m at 204°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 10560 m at 155°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 11320 m at 153°: Sagua de Tánamo (stations & terminals); 11430 m at 150°: Cine (theatres & arts); 11480 m at 150°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 12020 m at 146°: Sabala (camp sites).

Cayo Quemado: marine life records

24 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Vitta meleagris, 1 (molluscs); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Quemado: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.