Cayo Ratones

Cayo Ratones: coast and water

1340 m at 131°: Punta Cruz (point); 2250 m at 176°: Pasa de las Carabelas (inlet); 2930 m at 140°: Punta Arenas (point); 12150 m at 235°: Ensenada Columbia (cove); 12430 m at 314°: Laguna de la Salina (lagoon); 13660 m at 120°: Punta Piedra (point); 14200 m at 248°: Punta Rincón Grande (point); 14220 m at 237°: Rincón Grande (estuary).

Cayo Ratones: islands

4300 m at 178°: Cayo Loguera (island); 6480 m at 174°: Cayo Badia (islet); 7350 m at 293°: Cayo Guajaba (island); 9310 m at 314°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (islet); 13470 m at 164°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 13510 m at 282°: Cayo Garrapón (island); 19510 m at 302°: Cayo La Alegría (island); 20330 m at 293°: Cayo Toro (island); 21980 m at 310°: Cayo La Espera (island); 23140 m at 137°: Cayo Sabinal (island); 24460 m at 289°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (islet); 29560 m at 290°: Cayo Mojarra (island).

Cayo Ratones: inland

8160 m at 262°: Los Hornos (settlement); 9270 m at 213°: Realengo Inútil (locality); 10300 m at 221°: Playa Bagá (locality); 13450 m at 187°: Playazo San Felipe (locality); 14270 m at 216°: Constancia (locality); 14400 m at 314°: La Bodega (hamlet).

Cayo Ratones: distances

23160 m at 137°: Cayo Sabinal; 23540 m at 259°: Playa Piloto; 27810 m at 184°: Platanal; 60500 m at 223°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 35980 m at 147°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 151120 m at 304°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 33700 m at 122°: Reserva Ecológica Maternillos Tortuguilla.

Cayo Ratones: close by

4100 m at 178°: Cayo Guao (cay); 4300 m at 178°: Cayo Loguera (cay); 6480 m at 174°: Cayo Badia (cay); 6830 m at 176°: Cayo Revolcado (cay); 7350 m at 293°: Cayo Guajaba (cay); 9300 m at 314°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (cay); 9660 m at 167°: Cayo Sifonte (cay); 12890 m at 105°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 13470 m at 164°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 13510 m at 282°: Cayo Garrapón (cay); 13600 m at 276°: Cayo Garrafón (cay); 17660 m at 152°: Cayo Los Casimbones Sur de Sabinal (cay).

Cayo Ratones: on and around

Within 15 km: 24 coral reefs, 1 police & fire, 1 peaks & volcanoes.

7960 m at 271°: Silla de Luis Mae (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Ratones: marine life records

240 records of 42 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 164 fish, 76 corals. That is 76.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 25 (corals); Millepora complanata, 17 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 12 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 10 (corals); Cephalopholis fulva, 10 (fish); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Holacanthus tricolor, 8 (fish).

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

Cayo Ratones: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.