Cayo Ratón

Cayo Ratón: coast and water

550 m at 110°: Bahía del Mariel (bay); 620 m at 355°: Punta Blanca (point); 740 m at 258°: Ensenada Angosta (cove); 740 m at 181°: Ensenada Blanquizal (cove); 1060 m at 174°: Punta Draga (point); 1630 m at 159°: Ensenada del Manglar (cove); 1850 m at 351°: Ensenada de Laza (cove); 1950 m at 37°: Punta del Fuerte (point); 2940 m at 22°: Boca del Mariel (inlet); 3020 m at 17°: Punta Cayuelo (point); 3160 m at 3°: Caleta de los Chinos (cove); 5130 m at 322°: Caleta Guayabal (cove); 5600 m at 297°: Vista del Mar (beach); 6330 m at 63°: Playa Mosquito (beach); 6710 m at 53°: Caleta Roque (cove); 6930 m at 288°: Punta Uvero (point).

Cayo Ratón: inland

410 m at 35°: Cnas Marie (airfield); 1540 m at 344°: Cayo del Medio (settlement); 2460 m at 240°: Angosta (locality); 2600 m at 114°: Rubens (settlement); 2760 m at 152°: Macagual (settlement); 2880 m at 158°: La Florida (stream); 3330 m at 54°: Mujica (settlement); 3340 m at 127°: María Luisa (settlement); 3670 m at 85°: La Riva (locality); 3670 m at 85°: Polvorín (locality); 3670 m at 85°: Tabaquera (locality); 3690 m at 119°: Las Mercedes (settlement).

Cayo Ratón: distances

1590 m at 104°: Mariel; 6330 m at 310°: Playa Boca Ciega; 6710 m at 53°: Playa Mosquito; 36850 m at 91°: José Martí International Airport ; 2100 m at 112°: Port of Mariel (port); 29240 m at 69°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 26170 m at 235°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Ratón: close by

1950 m at 81°: Dique Seco (fishing); 2740 m at 51°: Muelle de la Fábrica de Cemento (fishing); 13370 m at 94°: Buena pesca (fishing); 15480 m at 269°: Cayo García (cay); 15680 m at 268°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 16000 m at 266°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 16050 m at 267°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 16820 m at 271°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 17080 m at 269°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 17420 m at 266°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 18600 m at 270°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 19410 m at 263°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay).

Cayo Ratón: on and around

Within 15 km: 42 factories & works, 34 guest houses & hostels, 30 stores & supermarkets, 27 schools, 20 farms & plantations, 19 garages & car services, 18 mines & quarries, 15 government & embassies, 11 historic & heritage, 10 fuel stations.

1240 m at 238°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 1340 m at 121°: Marien (theatres & arts); 1350 m at 121°: Monumento a las Madres (historic & heritage); 1350 m at 117°: Agustín Parla (historic & heritage); 1630 m at 137°: Estadio de béisbol (stadiums & sport); 1730 m at 116°: Casa Mezquia (guest houses & hostels); 1850 m at 103°: Terminal Autobuses Mariel (stations & terminals); 2080 m at 130°: Jesús y Marilda's house (guest houses & hostels); 2160 m at 107°: Castillo de Rubens (historic & heritage); 2350 m at 75°: Casa Italia (guest houses & hostels); 2530 m at 246°: Angosta ZED Mariel (stations & terminals); 2570 m at 246°: Terminal Intermodal Angosta (stations & terminals); 2940 m at 30°: Antonio Maceo (historic & heritage).

Cayo Ratón: marine life records

49 records of 28 species within 10 km, 1900 to 2012: 36 fish, 8 molluscs, 3 marine mammals, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans. That is 15.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Trinectes inscriptus, 7 (fish); Symphurus tessellatus, 4 (fish); Citharichthys spilopterus, 3 (fish); Gastropoda, 3 (molluscs); Gobionellus oceanicus, 3 (fish); Achirus lineatus, 3 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 2 (fish); Sardinella aurita, 2 (fish); Mesoplodon europaeus, 2 (marine mammals); Pterois, 2 (fish); Histampica duplicata, 1 (echinoderms); Eucinostomus jonesii, 1 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Apr 1, Oct 1, Nov 1.

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

Cayo Ratón: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Ratón

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Puerto del Mariel stands about 3.0 km away.