Cayo Ratones

Cayo Ratones: coast and water

2290 m at 298°: Punta Cabo (point); 2360 m at 281°: Punta Manatí (point); 2610 m at 267°: Punta Cagabonés (point); 3500 m at 278°: Punta Larga (point); 4540 m at 316°: Punta Verraco (point); 4750 m at 287°: Punta Gorda (point); 5380 m at 285°: Bahía Limones (bay); 5390 m at 341°: Punta Barlovento (point).

Cayo Ratones: islands

660 m at 62°: Cayo Quemado (island); 880 m at 260°: Cayo Arena (island); 1740 m at 265°: Cayo Rosario (island); 1800 m at 255°: Cayo Largo (island); 2220 m at 309°: Cayo Medio (island); 3680 m at 332°: Cayo Bruja (island); 3730 m at 292°: Cayo Turrones (island); 4750 m at 313°: Cayo Juanito (island); 5380 m at 285°: Cayo Limón (island); 5780 m at 302°: Cayo Alto (island); 7280 m at 314°: Cayo Pájaros (island).

Cayo Ratones: inland

2000 m at 225°: Río Grande (stream); 2320 m at 180°: Río Cojetal (stream); 3240 m at 0°: El Canal (locality); 3920 m at 282°: Punta Gorda (settlement); 4020 m at 94°: Frank País (sugar mill); 4100 m at 249°: Collazo Cuatro (settlement).

Cayo Ratones: distances

2050 m at 109°: Frank País; 3620 m at 100°: Cayo Mambí; 5220 m at 265°: Playa Tánamo; 89380 m at 112°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 37470 m at 92°: Port of Moa (port); 97810 m at 218°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 18450 m at 223°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Ratones: close by

660 m at 62°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 880 m at 260°: Cayo Arena (cay); 1740 m at 265°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 1790 m at 255°: Cayo Largo (cay); 2220 m at 309°: Cayo Medio (cay); 3680 m at 332°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 3740 m at 292°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 4750 m at 313°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 5380 m at 285°: Cayo Limón (cay); 5790 m at 302°: Cayo Alto (cay); 7280 m at 314°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 8370 m at 60°: Camaronera (fishing).

Cayo Ratones: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 schools, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 government & embassies, 3 places of worship, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 banks & exchange, 3 coral reefs, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stations & terminals, 2 theatres & arts.

2950 m at 104°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 3380 m at 105°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 3460 m at 104°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 3620 m at 101°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 3900 m at 100°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 4250 m at 96°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 4410 m at 199°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 10540 m at 151°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 11320 m at 150°: Sagua de Tánamo (stations & terminals); 11470 m at 147°: Cine (theatres & arts); 11510 m at 147°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 12100 m at 143°: Sabala (camp sites).

Cayo Ratones: marine life records

24 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Vitta meleagris, 1 (molluscs); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Ratones: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.