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Cayo Rabihorcado

Satellite view of Cayo Rabihorcado, Cuba
Cayo Rabihorcado (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Rabihorcado is a cay at 21°38′13″N 82°27′36″W in Isla de la Juventud province.

GPS 21.63685, -82.4600521°38′13″N 82°27′36″W

Cayo Rabihorcado: coast and water

2020 m at 31°: Pasa Benedicto (channel); 8380 m at 331°: Pasa de Flores (channel); 14740 m at 307°: Pasa del Guayabo (channel); 14840 m at 283°: Punta Aguas Mulatas (point); 15420 m at 289°: Esteros del Bucanero (cove); 15470 m at 288°: Esteros de los Corsarios (cove); 15900 m at 312°: Punta del Potrero (point); 17970 m at 275°: Santa Isabel (estuary).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Rabihorcado
Cayo Rabihorcado, wider

Cayo Rabihorcado: islands

6630 m at 23°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 7920 m at 102°: Cayo Coco (island); 7970 m at 166°: Cayo Matías (island); 9030 m at 306°: Cayo Costilla (island); 9540 m at 319°: Cayo Vivero (island); 10930 m at 306°: Cayo Balandra (island); 15530 m at 305°: Cayos Los Dos Hermanos (island group); 16810 m at 94°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 17720 m at 320°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 24100 m at 319°: Cayo El Buche (island); 24480 m at 323°: Cayo Canal Ancha (island); 28440 m at 103°: Cayos Catuches (island group).

Cayo Rabihorcado: inland

16840 m at 243°: Carril del Indio (locality); 17930 m at 264°: Hato Nuevo (locality); 19430 m at 273°: La Noria (locality); 20400 m at 284°: Cerros de San Juan (hills); 20920 m at 286°: GP La Reforma (farm); 21300 m at 307°: Itabo de Rojas (stream).

Cayo Rabihorcado: distances

31560 m at 237°: Playa Larga; 32960 m at 291°: Santa Fe; 33630 m at 306°: Júcaro; 40030 m at 303°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 153390 m at 349°: Port of Mariel (port); 91720 m at 91°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 32400 m at 273°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.

Cayo Rabihorcado: close by

4290 m at 86°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 6630 m at 23°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 7650 m at 303°: Cayo Melones (cay); 7930 m at 102°: Cayo Coco (cay); 7980 m at 166°: Cayo Matías (cay); 8140 m at 287°: Cayo Guayabo (cay); 8230 m at 159°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 9030 m at 306°: Cayo Costilla (cay); 9540 m at 319°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 10920 m at 306°: Cayo Balandra (cay); 11130 m at 226°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 12420 m at 227°: Cueva de Punta del Este (site).

Cayo Rabihorcado: marine life records

32 records of 25 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2009: 20 crustaceans, 7 other, 2 fish, 1 molluscs, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 10.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Carpias algicola, 4 (crustaceans); Parasabella, 3 (other); Cirolana parva, 2 (crustaceans); Stenetrium serratum, 2 (crustaceans); Synmerosyllis aciculata, 1 (other); Gambusia puncticulata, 1 (fish); Minyanthura corallicola, 1 (crustaceans); Volvarina, 1 (molluscs); Joeropsis juvenilis, 1 (crustaceans); Puncticulata, 1 (other); Santia milleri, 1 (crustaceans); Exosphaeroma productatelson, 1 (crustaceans).

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

Cayo Rabihorcado: notes

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

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Sources and data

Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.

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