Cays & islands · Santiago de Cuba
Cayo Ratones
Cayo Ratones is a cay at 19°59′59″N 75°51′48″W in Santiago de Cuba province.
Cayo Ratones: coast and water
340 m at 275°: Punta Yarey (point); 1220 m at 66°: Bajo Los Compadres (shoal); 1400 m at 89°: Punta Salina (point); 1400 m at 89°: Playa los Coquitos (beach); 1640 m at 68°: Ensenada Cocos (cove); 1820 m at 62°: Punta Cruz (point); 1860 m at 191°: Punta Limeta (point); 1860 m at 191°: Punta Gaspar (point); 2320 m at 16°: Punta Duan (point); 2590 m at 197°: Punta Churruca (point); 2770 m at 229°: Ensenada Don Tomás (cove); 2770 m at 229°: Punta Rompe Canillas (point); 2770 m at 229°: Ensenada Victorina (cove); 2940 m at 200°: Punta Puntilla (point); 3000 m at 235°: Ensenada Cabañitas (cove); 3310 m at 190°: Caleta Estrella (cove).
Cayo Ratones: islands
1920 m at 350°: Cayo Paradas (island); 2680 m at 21°: Caimanes (island); 2810 m at 207°: Cayo Granma (island).
Cayo Ratones: inland
1400 m at 89°: Reparto Belmare (district); 1890 m at 2°: El Cobre (stream); 2620 m at 106°: Caridad (locality); 2660 m at 98°: Versalles (district); 2880 m at 219°: Jucarito (settlement); 2880 m at 190°: Ciudamar (settlement); 3170 m at 83°: Chicharrones (district); 3240 m at 198°: La Socapa (settlement); 3670 m at 59°: Reparto Dagnesse (district); 3670 m at 181°: Balcon De Caribe (hotel); 3690 m at 182°: Hotel Balcon Del Caribe (hotel); 3970 m at 14°: Caimanes (locality).
Cayo Ratones: distances
1400 m at 89°: Playa los Coquitos; 1960 m at 72°: Reparto Altamira; 5060 m at 139°: Playa de Aguadores; 4030 m at 134°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 3380 m at 192°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 2860 m at 212°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 3410 m at 191°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca; 10950 m at 112°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí; 31950 m at 92°: Reserva de Biosfera Baconao.
Cayo Ratones: close by
390 m at 261°: Muelle de la Refinería (fishing); 740 m at 81°: Embarcadero (fishing); 1910 m at 350°: Cayo Paradas (cay); 2280 m at 55°: Muelle de Granos (fishing); 2680 m at 199°: USS Merrimac (1894) (wreck); 2680 m at 21°: Caimanes (cay); 2700 m at 200°: USS Merrimac (reef); 2810 m at 207°: Cayo Granma (cay); 3010 m at 196°: Punto de pesca (fishing); 3400 m at 205°: Batería Alta de La Socapa (site); 3680 m at 197°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 3980 m at 47°: Puerto Guillermón Moncada (fishing).
Cayo Ratones: on and around
Within 15 km: 281 guest houses & hostels, 122 schools, 96 historic & heritage, 68 factories & works, 58 stores & supermarkets, 57 clinics & polyclinics, 53 attractions, 44 theatres & arts, 39 places of worship, 28 urban parks & plazas.
1660 m at 195°: Linette (guest houses & hostels); 1660 m at 212°: Monumento a Frank País García (historic & heritage); 1680 m at 213°: Parque Frank País (urban parks & plazas); 1750 m at 197°: Barrio Técnico (stations & terminals); 1810 m at 207°: Sol y Mar (guest houses & hostels); 1830 m at 203°: Punta Gorda (stations & terminals); 1890 m at 195°: Adria (guest houses & hostels); 1930 m at 207°: Monumento a Raúl López Cañete (historic & heritage); 1970 m at 192°: Paladar de César El Capitán (cuban cuisine & lechón); 2040 m at 209°: Marina Marlin (marinas); 2270 m at 79°: Columnas Antiguo Ferrocarril (historic & heritage); 2270 m at 86°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 2420 m at 145°: Teatro (theatres & arts).
Cayo Ratones: marine life records
304 records of 132 species within 10 km, 1884 to 2025: 94 seabirds and shorebirds, 45 crustaceans, 45 echinoderms, 40 molluscs, 35 corals, 21 other, 14 fish, 5 marine mammals, 4 sponges, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 96.8 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 14 (crustaceans); Cardisoma guanhumi, 12 (crustaceans); Actitis macularius, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Menippe mercenaria, 6 (crustaceans); Nicella obesa, 6 (corals); Asteroschema oligactes, 6 (echinoderms); Ophiocamax hystrix, 6 (echinoderms); Megaceryle alcyon, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis, 5 (corals).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Feb 2, May 1, Sep 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jul 1.
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.
Getting to Cayo Ratones
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro del Morro de Santiago de Cuba stands about 3.6 km away.
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.