Cayo San Vicente

Cayo San Vicente: coast and water

260 m at 279°: Punta San Vicente (point); 790 m at 30°: Ensenada de San Vicente (cove); 1210 m at 27°: Laguna Boyé (lagoon); 1340 m at 81°: Punta Caoba (point); 1500 m at 255°: Ensenada de Caballo (cove); 1610 m at 228°: Bahía de Cabañas (bay); 1910 m at 187°: Ensenada de la Plata (cove); 2010 m at 288°: Punta de Moruro (point).

Cayo San Vicente: islands

1520 m at 91°: Cayo Blanco (island); 1690 m at 133°: Cayo Almeja (island); 1860 m at 74°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 2230 m at 212°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 2260 m at 197°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 2690 m at 106°: Cayo del Medio (island); 2770 m at 108°: Cayo Puchi (island); 2770 m at 222°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 2980 m at 100°: Cayo Rojo (island); 3130 m at 93°: Cayo García (island); 4090 m at 305°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 5660 m at 262°: Cayo Negrito (island).

Cayo San Vicente: inland

1050 m at 329°: Vaquería Número 334 (ranch); 1280 m at 333°: Vaquería Número 335 (ranch); 1760 m at 25°: Vaquería Número 337 (ranch); 2320 m at 48°: La Herradura (settlement); 2640 m at 47°: Vaquería Número 338 (ranch); 2960 m at 37°: Loma Herradura (hill).

Cayo San Vicente: distances

2950 m at 203°: Playa La Luisa; 3510 m at 124°: Cabañas; 14350 m at 73°: Playa Boca Ciega; 55450 m at 91°: José Martí International Airport ; 20560 m at 92°: Port of Mariel (port); 47080 m at 77°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 15210 m at 190°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo San Vicente: close by

1520 m at 91°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 1700 m at 133°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 1850 m at 74°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 2220 m at 212°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 2260 m at 197°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 2690 m at 106°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 2770 m at 108°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 2770 m at 222°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 2970 m at 100°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 3130 m at 93°: Cayo García (cay); 4090 m at 305°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 4090 m at 305°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo San Vicente: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 7 mines & quarries, 5 guest houses & hostels, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 3 schools, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 factories & works, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 historic & heritage, 2 camp sites.

3360 m at 130°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 3510 m at 122°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 3810 m at 53°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 4000 m at 132°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 7730 m at 274°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 10740 m at 178°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 11210 m at 191°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 12390 m at 97°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 12460 m at 128°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 13790 m at 102°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 13870 m at 187°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 13920 m at 79°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 14300 m at 174°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo San Vicente: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 559 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 100 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 San Vicente: notes

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

Getting to Cayo San Vicente

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 3.2 km away.