Cayo Rosario

Cayo Rosario: coast and water

870 m at 270°: Punta Cayo Largo (point); 870 m at 270°: Punta Cagabonés (point); 1270 m at 347°: Punta Cabo (point); 2160 m at 329°: Bahía Sagua de Tánamo (bay); 2780 m at 3°: Ensenada Juana Consuegra (cove); 3790 m at 294°: Bahía Limones (bay); 3800 m at 66°: Ensenada del Canal (cove); 4850 m at 314°: Punta Guayo (point).

Cayo Rosario: islands

300 m at 181°: Cayo Largo (island); 870 m at 90°: Cayo Arena (island); 1540 m at 360°: Cayo Medio (island); 1740 m at 85°: Cayo Ratones (island); 2320 m at 312°: Cayo Turrones (island); 2360 m at 79°: Cayo Quemado (island); 3400 m at 360°: Cayo Bruja (island); 3790 m at 294°: Cayo Limón (island); 3810 m at 333°: Cayo Juanito (island); 4510 m at 315°: Cayo Alto (island); 6300 m at 327°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 14280 m at 284°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Cayo Rosario: inland

2310 m at 295°: Punta Gorda (settlement); 2500 m at 162°: Cascarera (settlement); 2770 m at 141°: Río Cojetal (stream); 4380 m at 203°: Cuchillo de Riito (locality); 5050 m at 54°: Canal Tres (settlement); 5270 m at 113°: Cojetal (settlement).

Cayo Rosario: distances

3480 m at 265°: Playa Tánamo; 3710 m at 98°: Frank País; 5320 m at 95°: Cayo Mambí; 90930 m at 112°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 39200 m at 91°: Port of Moa (port); 96630 m at 217°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 17200 m at 219°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Rosario: close by

310 m at 180°: Cayo Largo (cay); 870 m at 90°: Cayo Arena (cay); 1540 m at 0°: Cayo Medio (cay); 1740 m at 85°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 2320 m at 312°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 2360 m at 79°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 3400 m at 0°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 3800 m at 294°: Cayo Limón (cay); 3810 m at 333°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 4520 m at 315°: Cayo Alto (cay); 6290 m at 327°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 9970 m at 64°: Camaronera (fishing).

Cayo Rosario: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 schools, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 government & embassies, 3 places of worship, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 banks & exchange, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stations & terminals, 2 theatres & arts, 2 post offices.

4020 m at 176°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 4630 m at 97°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 5050 m at 98°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 5140 m at 98°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 5320 m at 96°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 5600 m at 95°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 5970 m at 93°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 11360 m at 143°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 12170 m at 142°: Sagua de Tánamo (stations & terminals); 12390 m at 139°: Cine (theatres & arts); 12420 m at 140°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 13110 m at 136°: Sabala (camp sites).

Cayo Rosario: marine life records

24 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Vitta meleagris, 1 (molluscs); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Rosario: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.