Cayo Ratón

Cayo Ratón: coast and water

1650 m at 166°: Ensenada del Caunao (cove); 2170 m at 192°: Punta de la Trompada (point); 2680 m at 305°: Laguna del Cura (lagoon); 4000 m at 172°: Punta Pañuelo (point); 4010 m at 258°: Banco Gorda (bank); 4520 m at 198°: Punta Amarilla (point); 4760 m at 236°: Banco Piedras (bank); 4760 m at 236°: Punta Pescadores (point); 4850 m at 304°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (point); 5530 m at 305°: Ensenada Marsillán (cove); 5890 m at 311°: Cienfuegos (harbour); 6000 m at 221°: Punta Cabos (point); 6000 m at 221°: Ensenada de las Damas (cove); 6220 m at 236°: Punta La Cantera (point); 6750 m at 321°: Ensenada del Inglés (cove); 7030 m at 311°: Punta Verde (point).

Cayo Ratón: islands

1030 m at 148°: Cayo Corojo (island); 2530 m at 162°: Cayo Madama (island); 3310 m at 172°: Cayo Colorado (island); 3400 m at 196°: Cayo Ocampo (island); 4810 m at 222°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 5370 m at 245°: Cayo Carenas (island); 6600 m at 317°: Cayo Loco (island).

Cayo Ratón: inland

2030 m at 321°: Arroyo Calabazas (stream); 2650 m at 23°: Junco Nuevo (settlement); 3920 m at 340°: La Palma (locality); 4120 m at 46°: La Bomba (locality); 4280 m at 137°: La Campana (settlement); 4490 m at 165°: Guanaroca (settlement); 5240 m at 73°: Belmonte (hamlet); 5370 m at 246°: Cayo Carenas (settlement); 5410 m at 147°: La Sabana (locality); 5470 m at 15°: Jaime Gonzalez (locality); 6000 m at 221°: Perche (settlement); 6000 m at 221°: Cueva de las Damas (locality).

Cayo Ratón: distances

5050 m at 324°: Cienfuegos; 11250 m at 71°: Guaos; 14960 m at 266°: Juraguá; 4730 m at 357°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 5540 m at 329°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 5490 m at 311°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 31470 m at 113°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Ratón: close by

1030 m at 148°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 2530 m at 162°: Cayo Madama (cay); 3310 m at 172°: Cayo Colorado (cay); 3400 m at 196°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 4800 m at 222°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 4880 m at 304°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 5370 m at 245°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 5620 m at 312°: Muelle Real (fishing); 5900 m at 309°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 6100 m at 301°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 6610 m at 317°: Cayo Loco (cay); 7090 m at 305°: Punta Arenas (fishing).

Cayo Ratón: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 50 schools, 34 factories & works, 24 attractions, 23 clinics & polyclinics, 18 stores & supermarkets, 17 garages & car services, 17 government & embassies, 14 stadiums & sport, 14 historic & heritage.

3720 m at 305°: Villa Playa Alegre (guest houses & hostels); 3750 m at 308°: Hostal Jorge (guest houses & hostels); 3760 m at 309°: Hostal La Verde (guest houses & hostels); 3920 m at 304°: Beisbolito (stadiums & sport); 3990 m at 304°: Maternidad (attractions); 4210 m at 308°: Estadio 5 de Septiembre (stadiums & sport); 4280 m at 296°: Pista de patinaje (stadiums & sport); 4310 m at 290°: La India Guanaroca (attractions); 4350 m at 291°: Palacio de Valle (historic & heritage); 4370 m at 294°: Cancha de Frontenis (stadiums & sport); 4380 m at 285°: Villa Lagarto (attractions); 4390 m at 295°: Centro Cultural Julio Antonio Mella (theatres & arts); 4460 m at 284°: Mirador la punta (attractions).

Cayo Ratón: marine life records

234 records of 146 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 125 molluscs, 50 fish, 35 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 crustaceans, 5 other, 2 sharks and rays. That is 74.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 15 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 5 (molluscs); Pterois, 5 (fish); Echinolittorina ziczac, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 4 (molluscs); Syringodium filiforme, 4 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 3, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Ratón: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Ratón

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 8.8 km away.