Cayo Redondo

Cayo Redondo: coast and water

10650 m at 194°: Ensenada de Sierra Morena (bay); 11100 m at 42°: Canalizo El Hacha (channel); 11260 m at 165°: Punta Jutía (point); 11900 m at 39°: Punta Mosquito (point); 12130 m at 152°: Pasa de Guillermo (channel); 12410 m at 147°: Punta de Jesús (point); 12510 m at 144°: Ensenada del Estero Negro (cove); 12630 m at 163°: Pasas Las Calderas (channel).

Cayo Redondo: islands

2860 m at 109°: Cayo Frío (island); 4750 m at 167°: Cayo Levisa (island); 4980 m at 207°: Cayo Triste (island); 6430 m at 21°: Cayo Cera (island); 6820 m at 173°: Cayo Chino (island); 9620 m at 25°: Cayo Alcatraces (island); 9730 m at 328°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 11040 m at 338°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 11290 m at 80°: Cayo Alto (island); 11790 m at 94°: Cayo Partido (island); 12200 m at 296°: Cayo Esponja (island); 14950 m at 67°: Pichado Key (historical) (island).

Cayo Redondo: inland

12310 m at 214°: El Griego (locality); 12810 m at 233°: Río Sierra Morena (stream); 12890 m at 220°: Vergara (locality); 13490 m at 223°: San Francisco (hamlet); 13580 m at 223°: Remedios (hamlet); 14600 m at 230°: Las Mercedes (hamlet).

Cayo Redondo: distances

11640 m at 224°: Playa La Fe; 13390 m at 165°: Salinas del Jatal; 17020 m at 227°: Sierra Morena; 77820 m at 143°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 100670 m at 183°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 76290 m at 279°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 36260 m at 135°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Redondo: close by

2870 m at 109°: Cayo Frío (cay); 2890 m at 304°: Cayo Mosquitico (cay); 3140 m at 341°: Cayo Mosquito (cay); 4750 m at 167°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 4870 m at 80°: Cayo Picheles (cay); 4980 m at 207°: Cayo Triste (cay); 5020 m at 14°: Cayo Barco Perdido (cay); 6260 m at 121°: Cayo Cayeras (cay); 6420 m at 21°: Cayo Cera (cay); 6820 m at 173°: Cayo Chino (cay); 6890 m at 249°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 7090 m at 129°: Cayo Negro (cay).

Cayo Redondo: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 camp sites, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 schools, 1 salt works.

11950 m at 222°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 12560 m at 190°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo Redondo: marine life records

10 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2005: 7 marine mammals, 2 corals, 1 molluscs. That is 3.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 6 (marine mammals); Ellisella schmitti, 1 (corals); Plexaura kuna, 1 (corals); Balaenoptera, 1 (marine mammals); Onustus longleyi, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 6, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Redondo: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.