Cayo Ramón

Cayo Ramón: coast and water

900 m at 134°: Puerto Guantanamo (harbour); 1460 m at 358°: Port of Guantanamo (anchorage); 2640 m at 3°: Punta Manatí (point); 2760 m at 307°: Punta Cerrones (point); 2940 m at 245°: Puerto Caoba (cove); 3120 m at 194°: Eagle Channel (channel); 4400 m at 235°: Port Palma (cove); 4450 m at 54°: Punta la Guásima (point); 6220 m at 182°: Bargo Cove (cove); 6690 m at 70°: El Mayal (estuary); 8300 m at 194°: Paola Point (point); 8850 m at 306°: Mata Abajo (estuary); 10690 m at 216°: Saint Nicolas Point (point); 10700 m at 156°: Kittery Beach (beach); 10930 m at 228°: Mahomilla Bay (bay); 11770 m at 217°: Hidden Beach (beach).

Cayo Ramón: islands

550 m at 51°: Cayo Piedra (island); 800 m at 201°: Cayo Redondo (island); 2690 m at 226°: Flamingo Cay (island); 3350 m at 199°: Medio Cay (island); 5000 m at 197°: Hospital Cay (island).

Cayo Ramón: inland

3070 m at 143°: Arroyo Pozo Redondo (stream); 6940 m at 328°: Cerro Guayabo (locality); 7480 m at 353°: Paraguay (settlement); 7620 m at 12°: Arroyo Hondo (stream); 8270 m at 189°: Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (settlement); 8500 m at 319°: Crucero de Novaliches (locality); 8800 m at 337°: La Prusiana (locality); 9590 m at 236°: Laguna Salada (pond); 9740 m at 293°: La Larga (locality); 9920 m at 181°: Cuzco Hills (hills); 10220 m at 295°: Mata Abajo (settlement); 10390 m at 94°: Loma de Baró (mountain).

Cayo Ramón: distances

1640 m at 113°: Boquerón; 2190 m at 275°: Caimanera; 7050 m at 344°: Paraguay; 73630 m at 269°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 2310 m at 301°: Port of Guantánamo (port); 78060 m at 269°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Cayo Ramón: close by

550 m at 50°: Cayo Piedra (cay); 800 m at 201°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 2690 m at 226°: Flamingo Cay (cay); 3350 m at 199°: Medio Cay (cay); 4990 m at 197°: Hospital Cay (cay); 6990 m at 190°: Old fuel station (fishing).

Cayo Ramón: on and around

Within 15 km: 131 salt works, 10 power plants, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 police & fire, 2 fuel stations, 2 stadiums & sport, 2 schools, 1 factories & works, 1 places of worship, 1 attractions.

6470 m at 180°: Marine Hill Pool (stadiums & sport); 7700 m at 183°: batting cages (stadiums & sport); 10050 m at 151°: Puesto de observación (attractions).

Cayo Ramón: marine life records

2915 records of 728 species within 10 km, 1933 to 2026: 504 corals, 493 molluscs, 492 sponges, 432 fish, 289 seabirds and shorebirds, 198 marine mammals, 183 crustaceans, 128 echinoderms, 113 other, 38 seagrass and algae, 27 sharks and rays, 18 turtles. That is 927.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Trichechus manatus, 192 (marine mammals); Montastraea cavernosa, 46 (corals); Charadrius vociferus, 34 (seabirds and shorebirds); Scolymia cubensis, 29 (corals); Diploria labyrinthiformis, 29 (corals); Agaricia lamarcki, 26 (corals); Aplysina fistularis, 26 (sponges); Himantopus mexicanus, 25 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 25 (crustaceans); Orbicella faveolata, 24 (corals); Aiolochroia crassa, 24 (sponges); Astrophyton muricatum, 23 (echinoderms).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 17, Feb 2, Mar 11, Apr 19, May 17, Jun 23, Jul 32, Aug 16, Sep 21, Oct 25, Nov 7, Dec 5.

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

Cayo Ramón: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Ramón

• Navigation: the lighthouse Windward Point Light stands about 11 km away.