Cayo Ratón

Cayo Ratón: coast and water

1970 m at 298°: Punta Lochigo (point); 2210 m at 282°: Bahía de Carbónico (bay); 2640 m at 314°: Punta Blanco (point); 3060 m at 315°: Punta Veintiseis (point); 3460 m at 270°: Ensenada Carbón (cove); 4210 m at 309°: Punta Jagüey (point); 4380 m at 324°: Punta Dos Bahías (point); 5070 m at 43°: Playa Corintia (beach).

Cayo Ratón: islands

5250 m at 265°: Cayo Santillana (island); 5520 m at 250°: Cayo Tortuga (island); 7610 m at 299°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 8860 m at 282°: Cayo Ratón (island); 9100 m at 270°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 9820 m at 292°: Cayo Limón (island); 10690 m at 91°: Cayo Alto (island); 12140 m at 90°: Cayo Juanito (island); 12280 m at 279°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 12280 m at 99°: Cayo Turrones (island); 14280 m at 104°: Cayo Rosario (island); 14350 m at 105°: Cayo Largo (island).

Cayo Ratón: inland

1860 m at 180°: Arroyo Rosa Castillo (stream); 1860 m at 180°: Arroyo Bagá (stream); 2540 m at 137°: El Maja (locality); 3160 m at 4°: Doncella Cuatro (settlement); 3930 m at 298°: Limones (hamlet); 3930 m at 62°: Arroyo Quemado (stream).

Cayo Ratón: distances

4270 m at 201°: Cabonico; 4820 m at 7°: Corinthia Beach; 6380 m at 55°: Playa Barrederas; 90110 m at 207°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 33930 m at 297°: Port of Antilla (port); 91850 m at 209°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 17020 m at 170°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Ratón: close by

5200 m at 270°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 5250 m at 265°: Cayo Santillana (cay); 5520 m at 290°: Cayo Grande (cay); 5520 m at 250°: Cayo Tortuga (cay); 7610 m at 299°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 8860 m at 282°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 9100 m at 270°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 9830 m at 292°: Cayo Limón (cay); 10230 m at 309°: Cayo Saetía (cay); 10560 m at 80°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 10570 m at 100°: Cayo Limón (cay); 10690 m at 91°: Cayo Alto (cay).

Cayo Ratón: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 schools, 8 guest houses & hostels, 6 mines & quarries, 4 places of worship, 3 coral reefs, 3 garages & car services, 3 police & fire, 3 stations & terminals, 2 camp sites, 2 theatres & arts.

4470 m at 343°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 5050 m at 198°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites); 10040 m at 245°: Chalé (guest houses & hostels); 10060 m at 271°: Cine (theatres & arts); 10290 m at 248°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage); 10360 m at 247°: Terminal Levisa (stations & terminals); 10440 m at 276°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 10540 m at 245°: casa de lilo (guest houses & hostels); 10630 m at 277°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 10820 m at 248°: Batería Grupo Electrógeno Diésel Nicaro - Levisa (mines & quarries); 10830 m at 277°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 11230 m at 250°: Base de transporte Levisa (stations & terminals); 11380 m at 308°: Cantera (mines & quarries).

Cayo Ratón: marine life records

34 records of 24 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2025: 18 fish, 8 molluscs, 2 other, 1 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 10.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 3 (molluscs); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Tylosurus crocodilus, 1 (fish); Acanthurus tractus, 1 (fish); Stegastes leucostictus, 1 (fish); Pennaria disticha, 1 (corals).

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 Punta Mayarí stands about 13 km away.