Cayo Ratones

Cayo Ratones: coast and water

1850 m at 360°: Punta de Lengua de Pájaro (point); 6780 m at 20°: Ensenada Lara (bay); 6840 m at 49°: Bahía de Manatí (cove); 9110 m at 52°: Punta Playa Manteca (point); 10110 m at 22°: Playa Jamaica (beach); 10620 m at 151°: Playa Manteca (beach); 11080 m at 28°: Punta Piedra (point); 11160 m at 20°: Playa Pilón (beach); 11500 m at 22°: Punta Mano Pilón (point); 11610 m at 97°: Punta Cigarro (point); 11900 m at 35°: Ensenada Júcaro (cove); 13710 m at 25°: Bahía de Banes (bay); 14060 m at 37°: Punta Júcaro (point); 14140 m at 40°: Punta la Cadena (point); 14370 m at 43°: Punta la Lechuza (point); 14750 m at 71°: Punta Salinitas (point).

Cayo Ratones: islands

1520 m at 183°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 3710 m at 180°: Cayos Broqueles (island); 5740 m at 179°: Cayo Obispo (island); 6890 m at 51°: Cayo Largo (island); 8870 m at 144°: Cayo Juan Vicente (island).

Cayo Ratones: inland

3710 m at 360°: Lengua de Tierra (hamlet); 4760 m at 241°: Dumois Cinco (settlement); 5820 m at 17°: Beola (railway station); 6120 m at 191°: Arroyo Centeno (stream); 6840 m at 45°: Barrancones (settlement); 8020 m at 285°: Calabaza Tres (settlement); 8290 m at 351°: Antillita Tres (settlement); 8370 m at 296°: Calabaza Uno (settlement); 8700 m at 344°: Antillita Dos (settlement); 8880 m at 309°: Batey (settlement); 8970 m at 39°: La Cuchilla (settlement); 9030 m at 266°: Calabaza Seis (settlement).

Cayo Ratones: distances

1850 m at 360°: Playa Oliver; 5640 m at 29°: Antilla; 8870 m at 305°: Deleite; 57060 m at 270°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 6880 m at 24°: Port of Antilla (port); 90300 m at 187°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 19820 m at 13°: Comité Militar Banes; 30460 m at 357°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo; 34020 m at 185°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.

Cayo Ratones: close by

1520 m at 183°: Cayo Yuraguanal (cay); 3710 m at 180°: Cayos Broqueles (cay); 5220 m at 29°: Puerto Marítimo (fishing); 5700 m at 32°: La Patana (fishing); 5740 m at 179°: Cayo Obispo (cay); 6890 m at 51°: Cayo Largo (cay); 8870 m at 144°: Cayo Juan Vicente (cay); 13040 m at 331°: Sitio de pesca (fishing); 13190 m at 328°: Presa Desengaño (fishing); 13490 m at 339°: Sitio de pesca (fishing); 14400 m at 18°: Barco encallado (reef); 14550 m at 36°: Cayo Raya (cay).

Cayo Ratones: on and around

Within 15 km: 70 farms & plantations, 10 places of worship, 9 schools, 7 factories & works, 7 clinics & polyclinics, 6 stations & terminals, 6 stadiums & sport, 5 guest houses & hostels, 5 stores & supermarkets, 4 government & embassies.

5150 m at 28°: Antilla (stations & terminals); 5530 m at 29°: Omar Silot (guest houses & hostels); 5630 m at 30°: Cancha (stadiums & sport); 6780 m at 32°: casa de Lisi (guest houses & hostels); 6890 m at 47°: Campismo Popular Barrancones (camp sites); 7460 m at 32°: Casa (guest houses & hostels); 9730 m at 247°: Herrera (stations & terminals); 10000 m at 23°: Campismo Popular Antillita (camp sites); 10890 m at 41°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11610 m at 97°: Guatemala (stations & terminals); 11680 m at 335°: Sitio abandonado (historic & heritage); 12510 m at 112°: Paladar Doña Juana (Rafelito) (cuban cuisine & lechón); 12840 m at 104°: Estadio de Béisbol de Guatemala (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Ratones: marine life records

21 records of 14 species within 10 km, 1911 to 2026: 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 molluscs, 3 marine mammals, 3 fish, 1 crustaceans. That is 6.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Elops saurus, 2 (fish); Eoacmaea pustulata, 2 (molluscs); Rynchops niger, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ziphius cavirostris, 1 (marine mammals); Sphoeroides testudineus, 1 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 1 (crustaceans); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs); Globicephala macrorhynchus, 1 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Mar 2.

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

Cayo Ratones: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.