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Cayo Ratones

Satellite view of Cayo Ratones, Cuba
Cayo Ratones (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Ratones is a cay at 21°34′46″N 82°09′15″W in Isla de la Juventud province.

GPS 21.57950, -82.1540621°34′46″N 82°09′15″W

Cayo Ratones: coast and water

4290 m at 104°: Laguna de Cantiles (lagoon); 4830 m at 83°: Laguna Inglés (lagoon); 6320 m at 106°: Ensenada Inglés (bay); 8180 m at 101°: Punta Cabria (point); 8900 m at 267°: Canalizo Aguardiente (channel); 11390 m at 111°: Arrecife Seco de Cascajo (reef); 17870 m at 76°: Posa La Chalana (lagoon); 18790 m at 89°: Quebrada Rosario (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Ratones
Cayo Ratones, wider

Cayo Ratones: islands

1190 m at 295°: Cayo del Perro (island); 1680 m at 206°: Cayo Avalito (island); 3680 m at 210°: Cayo Ávalos (island); 3790 m at 307°: Cayo Punta del Canto (island); 5190 m at 30°: Cayo Tablones (island); 17270 m at 37°: Cayo La Palma (island); 18370 m at 45°: Cayo Tabloncito (island); 24810 m at 78°: Cayo La Paloma (island); 24980 m at 61°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 28170 m at 284°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 28640 m at 78°: Cayo del Rosario (island); 29770 m at 267°: Cayo Matías (island).

Cayo Ratones: inland

46420 m at 264°: Seboruco (locality); 46670 m at 269°: Carril del Indio (locality); 47300 m at 273°: Cerro de Punta del Este (locality); 51110 m at 283°: Manjuarí (stream); 52320 m at 292°: Itabo de Rojas (stream); 53140 m at 283°: GP La Reforma (farm).

Cayo Ratones: distances

59170 m at 260°: Playa Larga; 61610 m at 89°: Paradise Beach; 64410 m at 294°: Júcaro; 63000 m at 86°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 168400 m at 339°: Port of Mariel (port); 60200 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Ratones: close by

1190 m at 295°: Cayo del Perro (cay); 1200 m at 66°: Cayo Los Muertos (cay); 1690 m at 206°: Cayo Avalito (cay); 1950 m at 106°: Cayo Langosta (cay); 3680 m at 210°: Cayo Ávalos (cay); 3790 m at 307°: Cayo Punta del Canto (cay); 3940 m at 269°: Cayos Catuches (island group); 5190 m at 30°: Cayo Tablones (cay); 6180 m at 270°: Cayos Aguardiente (island group); 11010 m at 58°: Cayo Ron (cay); 11390 m at 111°: Arrecife Seco de Cascajo (reef); 12570 m at 29°: Cayo Gaviota (cay).

Cayo Ratones: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 attractions.

13480 m at 80°: Cayo Cantiles (attractions).

Cayo Ratones: marine life records

136 records of 33 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 95 fish, 41 corals. That is 43.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 15 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Millepora complanata, 9 (corals); Sparisoma rubripinne, 9 (fish); Scarus iseri, 8 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 7 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 6 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 6 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 6 (fish); Porites porites, 6 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 6 (fish).

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

Cayo Ratones: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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Sources and data

Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.

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