Cays & islands · Camagüey
Cayo Rosquete
Cayo Rosquete is a cay at 20°34′19″N 78°12′03″W in Camagüey province.
Cayo Rosquete: coast and water
2320 m at 12°: Canal de Botijuela (channel); 8460 m at 97°: Canal de Almácigo (channel); 12870 m at 191°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 14520 m at 96°: Bajo Leña (shoal); 15700 m at 49°: Punta los Criollos (point); 16370 m at 102°: Canal de Juan Suárez (channel); 18860 m at 39°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel); 19710 m at 66°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel).
Cayo Rosquete: islands
4190 m at 24°: Cayo Botijuela (island); 7430 m at 156°: Cayos las Muchachas (island group); 9180 m at 81°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 10130 m at 134°: Cayo Pescador (island); 11490 m at 308°: Cayo Inglés (island); 12060 m at 300°: Cayo Sombrerito (island); 12610 m at 64°: Cayo Güincho (island); 13830 m at 53°: Cayos Mate (island group); 15020 m at 318°: Cayos la Sepultura (islet); 15790 m at 42°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 16550 m at 18°: Cayo La Torre (island); 17530 m at 332°: Cayo El Infierno (islet).
Cayo Rosquete: inland
25140 m at 12°: Lázaro (stream); 25860 m at 349°: Sardiñas (locality); 26380 m at 52°: Santa Cruz del Sur (airfield); 27550 m at 49°: La Caridad (locality); 27720 m at 11°: Pollona (locality); 28150 m at 26°: Laguna Vaganó (locality).
Cayo Rosquete: distances
26170 m at 54°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 27510 m at 58°: Playa Bonita; 63700 m at 78°: Guayabal; 101150 m at 21°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 146150 m at 42°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 227560 m at 306°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Cayo Rosquete: close by
4190 m at 24°: Cayo Botijuela (cay); 7200 m at 322°: Cayo Granada (cay); 7430 m at 156°: Cayos las Muchachas (island group); 8810 m at 118°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 8840 m at 117°: Cayos Levisa (island group); 8860 m at 82°: Cayo Ronquito (cay); 8860 m at 82°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (cay); 9180 m at 81°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 9800 m at 128°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (cay); 10130 m at 134°: Cayo Pescador (cay); 10540 m at 95°: Cayo Almácigo (cay); 11360 m at 112°: Cayo Leña (cay).
Cayo Rosquete: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.
.
Cayo Rosquete: marine life records
837 records of 50 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 445 fish, 392 corals. That is 266.4 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 84 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 73 (corals); Porites astreoides, 58 (corals); Acropora palmata, 52 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 50 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 41 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 37 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 31 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 31 (fish); Scarus iseri, 29 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 28 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 27 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Rosquete: notes
A cay can lie inside a protected area.
Getting to Cayo Rosquete
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 15 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.