Cayo Ratón

Cayo Ratón: coast and water

3410 m at 90°: Punta Chiva (point); 4220 m at 213°: Ensenada del Real (cove); 5450 m at 110°: Ensenada las Cochinatas (inlet); 6320 m at 54°: Canal el Morrillo (channel); 8810 m at 231°: Playa de Palma Rubia (beach); 12000 m at 238°: Ensenada Tortuga (bay); 12650 m at 234°: Playa de Surines (beach); 14070 m at 238°: Estero Puercos (inlet).

Cayo Ratón: islands

1890 m at 234°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 3410 m at 270°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 3410 m at 90°: Cayo Blanco (island); 3520 m at 286°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 3710 m at 180°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 5010 m at 83°: Cayo Morrillo (island); 6330 m at 256°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 13430 m at 246°: Cayo Dios (island); 13500 m at 254°: Cayo Levisa (island).

Cayo Ratón: inland

5030 m at 129°: Río Las Pozas (stream); 5560 m at 180°: La Serafina (hamlet); 6470 m at 143°: Río del Medio (stream); 6520 m at 212°: Navarino (locality); 6520 m at 148°: Río Viejo (stream); 7080 m at 75°: El Mirador (locality).

Cayo Ratón: distances

4090 m at 205°: Playa Real; 5560 m at 180°: Playa Luchana; 8810 m at 231°: Playa de Palma Rubia; 101780 m at 85°: José Martí International Airport ; 67050 m at 83°: Port of Mariel (port); 93880 m at 78°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 20640 m at 181°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Ratón: close by

1880 m at 234°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 3410 m at 270°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 3410 m at 90°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 3520 m at 286°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 3710 m at 180°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 5010 m at 83°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 6330 m at 256°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 9000 m at 74°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 10290 m at 67°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 13270 m at 254°: Club de Buceo (reef); 13430 m at 246°: Cayo Dios (cay); 13500 m at 254°: Cayo Levisa (cay).

Cayo Ratón: on and around

Within 15 km: 11 guest houses & hostels, 4 coral reefs, 3 historic & heritage, 3 peaks & volcanoes, 2 stations & terminals, 2 schools, 1 camp sites, 1 trails & viewpoints.

6190 m at 160°: Villa Don Jose Otaño y Maria (guest houses & hostels); 8890 m at 231°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 9010 m at 228°: Villa Mario y Antonia (guest houses & hostels); 9020 m at 228°: Casa Juan y Silvia (guest houses & hostels); 10290 m at 67°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage); 11900 m at 116°: Mounmento a la Batalla de Cacarajícara (historic & heritage); 12030 m at 67°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 13900 m at 168°: Monumento a los Mártires (historic & heritage); 13970 m at 212°: Meseta de Cajálbana (peaks & volcanoes); 14330 m at 165°: Sendero a la cima del Pan de Guajaibón (trails & viewpoints); 14740 m at 167°: Pan de Guajaibón (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Ratón: marine life records

4 records of 3 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2017: 2 seagrass and algae, 1 molluscs, 1 marine mammals. That is 1.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Conocarpus erectus, 2 (seagrass and algae); Pyrgostylus striatulus, 1 (molluscs); Mesoplodon europaeus, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Ratón: notes

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