Cayo Ratón

Cayo Ratón: coast and water

1850 m at 0°: Punta Limón (point); 2330 m at 338°: Punta Lojanes (point); 3010 m at 66°: Rompe Esquina (point); 3470 m at 270°: Ensenada Angostura (lagoon); 3930 m at 118°: Punta Coral (point); 4090 m at 25°: Ensenada Arroyón (cove); 5080 m at 137°: Ensenada Manatí (cove); 5520 m at 110°: Ensenada Copal (bay).

Cayo Ratón: islands

1900 m at 347°: Cayo Limón (island); 1900 m at 193°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 2740 m at 48°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 3470 m at 90°: Cayo Grande (island); 3470 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 3470 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 3700 m at 271°: Cayo Madama (islet); 3930 m at 118°: Cayo Lechuza (island); 4150 m at 124°: Cayo Santillana (island); 5080 m at 137°: Cayo Tortuga (island); 5700 m at 286°: Cayo Corúa (island).

Cayo Ratón: inland

4100 m at 205°: Río Grande (stream); 5200 m at 90°: Limones (hamlet); 5360 m at 201°: Río Grande Uno (settlement); 5820 m at 163°: Dos Hermanas (locality); 6100 m at 9°: Carbonera (locality); 6310 m at 186°: Levisa (settlement).

Cayo Ratón: distances

4280 m at 192°: Nicaro-Levisa; 6780 m at 286°: Felton; 9210 m at 129°: Cabonico; 81690 m at 275°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 25490 m at 303°: Port of Antilla (port); 89650 m at 204°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 21980 m at 148°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 33230 m at 324°: Comité Militar Banes; 38070 m at 226°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.

Cayo Ratón: close by

1900 m at 347°: Cayo Limón (cay); 1900 m at 193°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 2600 m at 292°: Isla Makey (cay); 2740 m at 47°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 3470 m at 90°: Cayo Grande (cay); 3470 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 3470 m at 270°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay); 3700 m at 271°: Cayo Madama (cay); 3930 m at 118°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 4150 m at 124°: Cayo Santillana (cay); 4680 m at 9°: Cayo Saetía (cay); 5080 m at 137°: Cayo Tortuga (cay).

Cayo Ratón: on and around

Within 15 km: 10 guest houses & hostels, 8 schools, 7 mines & quarries, 6 police & fire, 6 coral reefs, 5 places of worship, 5 stations & terminals, 4 garages & car services, 4 factories & works, 4 clinics & polyclinics.

1860 m at 247°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 1980 m at 253°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 2100 m at 242°: Casa de alquiler (guest houses & hostels); 2120 m at 257°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 2230 m at 219°: Cine (theatres & arts); 3670 m at 273°: Cayo Madama isla (attractions); 5170 m at 357°: Cantera (mines & quarries); 5830 m at 188°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage); 5940 m at 189°: Terminal Levisa (stations & terminals); 5980 m at 201°: Nicaro 110 kV (mines & quarries); 6010 m at 198°: Base de transporte Levisa (stations & terminals); 6050 m at 184°: Chalé (guest houses & hostels); 6130 m at 193°: Batería Grupo Electrógeno Diésel Nicaro - Levisa (mines & quarries).

Cayo Ratón: marine life records

48 records of 33 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2026: 21 fish, 11 molluscs, 7 crustaceans, 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 other, 1 corals, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 15.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Coenobita clypeatus, 4 (crustaceans); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tylosurus crocodilus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Ratón: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Ratón

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 8.4 km away.