Cayo Rancho del Cojo

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: coast and water

4630 m at 69°: Punta de Pargo (point); 6220 m at 354°: Punta de Piedras (point); 6320 m at 191°: Canal de Bambita (channel); 7030 m at 248°: Laguna de Piedra (lagoon); 7080 m at 34°: Punta Boca de Sagua (point); 7630 m at 90°: Punta La Gata (point); 7810 m at 186°: Estero de Bamba (inlet); 7930 m at 61°: Punta La Aguada (point).

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: islands

4530 m at 280°: Cayo El Barbero (island); 5560 m at 261°: Las Picuas (island); 5960 m at 338°: Cayo Empalizada de Sotavento (island); 6440 m at 232°: Cayo Cuadrado (island); 7170 m at 43°: Cayo Hicacal (island); 7880 m at 3°: Cayuelo de Gandón (island); 7910 m at 357°: Cayos Gandón (island group); 8160 m at 209°: Cayo Veloz (island); 11180 m at 70°: Cayuelo del Cristo (island); 11200 m at 115°: Cayo Levisa (island); 13080 m at 291°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 13650 m at 125°: Cayo Mendoza (island).

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: inland

11360 m at 187°: Laguna el Limpio (pond); 13560 m at 125°: Estación Concha (railway station); 13990 m at 198°: Pozo de Lima (locality); 14240 m at 190°: Pancho Pérez (settlement); 14680 m at 128°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 14840 m at 141°: Fortuna (hamlet).

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: distances

13460 m at 136°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 14600 m at 128°: Isabela de Sagua; 14810 m at 219°: Playa de Durán; 61570 m at 162°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 101980 m at 199°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 103430 m at 199°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 21730 m at 185°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: close by

2670 m at 263°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (cay); 3580 m at 85°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 3900 m at 132°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 4530 m at 280°: Cayo El Barbero (cay); 5540 m at 185°: Cayo Bamba (cay); 5560 m at 261°: Las Picuas (cay); 5880 m at 332°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 5960 m at 338°: Cayo Empalizada de Sotavento (cay); 6290 m at 56°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 6440 m at 232°: Cayo Cuadrado (cay); 6480 m at 207°: Cayo Las Glorias (cay); 6700 m at 90°: Cayos Redondos (island group).

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 historic & heritage, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 marinas, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón.

14510 m at 127°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 14540 m at 128°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals); 14620 m at 126°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 14720 m at 125°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: marine life records

382 records of 101 species within 10 km, 1969 to 2005: 275 fish, 84 corals, 11 marine mammals, 9 crustaceans, 3 sharks and rays. That is 121.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 19 (fish); Acropora palmata, 18 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 16 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 14 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 13 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Tursiops truncatus, 11 (marine mammals); Anisotremus virginicus, 9 (fish); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 2, Dec 1; marine mammals: Jan 11.

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

Cayo Rancho del Cojo: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Rancho del Cojo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 14 km away.