Cayo Rojo

Cayo Rojo: coast and water

320 m at 63°: Ensenada La García (cove); 510 m at 193°: Punta Buena Vista (point); 1010 m at 147°: Fondeadero de Cayo Puchi (point); 1420 m at 234°: Ensenada del Alambique (cove); 1530 m at 311°: Estero San Vicente (cove); 1570 m at 294°: Punta La Esmeralda (point); 1760 m at 294°: Punta Caoba (point); 1800 m at 259°: Punta Almeja (point).

Cayo Rojo: islands

380 m at 31°: Cayo García (island); 430 m at 233°: Cayo del Medio (island); 460 m at 221°: Cayo Puchi (island); 1490 m at 289°: Cayo Blanco (island); 1530 m at 311°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 1820 m at 249°: Cayo Almeja (island); 2970 m at 280°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 3970 m at 245°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 4350 m at 252°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 5040 m at 252°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 6890 m at 295°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 6890 m at 295°: Cayuelo Alonso (island).

Cayo Rojo: inland

1770 m at 95°: Manchuria (locality); 2280 m at 190°: El Recreo (locality); 2310 m at 123°: Augusto César Sandino (settlement); 2520 m at 336°: Vaquería Número 338 (ranch); 3030 m at 314°: Vaquería Número 337 (ranch); 3090 m at 338°: Loma Herradura (hill).

Cayo Rojo: distances

1470 m at 181°: Cabañas; 4660 m at 242°: Playa La Luisa; 11770 m at 66°: Playa Boca Ciega; 52510 m at 90°: José Martí International Airport ; 17620 m at 90°: Port of Mariel (port); 44360 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 15530 m at 201°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Rojo: close by

380 m at 31°: Cayo García (cay); 430 m at 234°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 460 m at 220°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 1490 m at 289°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 1530 m at 311°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 1820 m at 249°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 2970 m at 280°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 3960 m at 245°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 4350 m at 252°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 5050 m at 252°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 6890 m at 295°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 6890 m at 295°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo Rojo: on and around

Within 15 km: 18 factories & works, 11 mines & quarries, 9 guest houses & hostels, 9 farms & plantations, 6 coral reefs, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 schools, 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 fuel stations, 3 historic & heritage.

1350 m at 178°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 1690 m at 192°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 2160 m at 179°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 2790 m at 2°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 9420 m at 96°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9930 m at 136°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 10540 m at 194°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 10700 m at 275°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 10820 m at 102°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 11180 m at 74°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 11670 m at 206°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 13320 m at 92°: Terminal Intermodal Angosta (stations & terminals); 13370 m at 92°: Angosta ZED Mariel (stations & terminals).

Cayo Rojo: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 560 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 99 sponges, 98 seagrass and algae, 76 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 sharks and rays, 20 marine mammals, 2 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 5 (other); Xiphias gladius, 5 (fish); Lecithochirium musculus, 5 (other); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 4 (other); Aponurus laguncula, 4 (other); Apharyngostrigea cornu, 4 (other); Parorchis acanthus, 4 (other); Echinochasmus schwartzi, 4 (other); Calliostoma pulchrum, 3 (molluscs); Renicola glandoloba, 3 (other); Ptilocaulis aulopora, 3 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 3 (corals).

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

Cayo Rojo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Rojo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 6.2 km away.