Cayo Ratones

Cayo Ratones: coast and water

2750 m at 309°: Playa de Caibarién (beach); 2760 m at 281°: Ensenada del Vizcaíno (cove); 2870 m at 314°: Punta del Muerto (point); 3060 m at 320°: Ensenada del Muerto (cove); 3480 m at 319°: Punta Brava (point); 6300 m at 310°: Punta Blanca (point); 6390 m at 299°: Canalizo Macuca (channel); 6570 m at 175°: Terrenos del Ingenio Dolores (estuary); 6850 m at 290°: Ensenada La Sortija (bay); 7450 m at 293°: Canalizo de la Sortija (channel); 7600 m at 84°: Bajo de Guaní (shoal); 7830 m at 148°: Punta Yagüey (point); 12050 m at 295°: Playa Jinaguayabo (beach); 13240 m at 74°: Restingo El Masculino (shoal); 14080 m at 140°: Punta El Cambao (point); 14100 m at 74°: Restinga El Masculino (shoal).

Cayo Ratones: islands

7470 m at 303°: Cayo Conuco (island); 11740 m at 322°: Cayo Guayo (island); 11860 m at 117°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 13460 m at 346°: Cayo Verde (island).

Cayo Ratones: inland

3320 m at 290°: Ciudad Pesquera Caibarién (settlement); 4030 m at 225°: Sierrezuela (locality); 4660 m at 285°: Caibarién (town); 4680 m at 258°: Vista Hermosa (locality); 4680 m at 258°: El Aguacate (locality); 6150 m at 174°: Terrenos del Ingenio Dolores (locality); 7110 m at 266°: Marcelo Salado (settlement); 7210 m at 214°: Loma Guajabana (hill); 7850 m at 222°: Monteagudo (settlement); 8050 m at 263°: Araña (locality); 8280 m at 198°: Vergel (hamlet); 8480 m at 188°: Abreu (locality).

Cayo Ratones: distances

5190 m at 279°: Caibarién; 8850 m at 183°: Dolores; 12170 m at 295°: Playa Jinaguayabo; 53540 m at 268°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 112030 m at 249°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 78220 m at 84°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 29850 m at 112°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 32240 m at 147°: Flora y Fauna; 34220 m at 138°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo Ratones: close by

30 m at 223°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5140 m at 293°: Empresa Pesquera Industrial de Caibarién (fishing); 7470 m at 303°: Cayo Conuco (cay); 11730 m at 322°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 11870 m at 117°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 13460 m at 346°: Cayo Verde (cay); 15950 m at 352°: Cayos de la Virazón (island group); 16520 m at 47°: Cayo Boca Chica (cay); 16620 m at 77°: Barco hundido (reef); 16630 m at 46°: Boca Chica (cay); 16720 m at 114°: Cayo Lucas (cay); 20320 m at 127°: Cayo Los Cayuelos (cay).

Cayo Ratones: on and around

Within 15 km: 88 guest houses & hostels, 53 stores & supermarkets, 19 schools, 17 places of worship, 8 urban parks & plazas, 7 attractions, 7 factories & works, 6 museums, 5 mines & quarries, 5 garages & car services.

2950 m at 305°: Casa de alojamiento "La casona" (guest houses & hostels); 2990 m at 214°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 3520 m at 294°: Paladar El Marinero (cuban cuisine & lechón); 3600 m at 294°: Hostal - Restaurant Carolina (guest houses & hostels); 3620 m at 291°: Virginias Pensión (guest houses & hostels); 4140 m at 268°: Nuevitas (282km) (trails & viewpoints); 4210 m at 270°: Morón (111km) (trails & viewpoints); 4280 m at 272°: Cayo Santa María (54km) (trails & viewpoints); 4370 m at 274°: Yaguajay (34km) (trails & viewpoints); 4600 m at 279°: Parque La Güira (urban parks & plazas); 4970 m at 275°: Parque Zoológico (urban parks & plazas); 5340 m at 288°: Museo Municipal María Escobar Laredo (museums); 5410 m at 289°: Parque La Libertad (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Ratones: marine life records

37 records of 26 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2015: 16 seabirds and shorebirds, 12 molluscs, 5 marine mammals, 2 turtles, 1 crustaceans, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 11.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Melampus coffea, 4 (molluscs); Larus delawarensis, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Actitis macularius, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa semipalmata, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fasciolaria tulipa, 1 (molluscs); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals); Nerita tessellata, 1 (molluscs); Caretta caretta, 1 (turtles); Eupleura sulcidentata, 1 (molluscs); Cypraeidae, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 2, Jun 1, Oct 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Dec 6.

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

Cayo Ratones: notes

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