Cayo Santa María

Cayo Santa María: coast and water

3050 m at 270°: Canal Santa María de Afuera (channel); 9240 m at 239°: Canal de Orejón (channel); 16110 m at 47°: Punta Blanca (point); 16660 m at 106°: Playa Los Caneyes (beach); 20590 m at 199°: Bajo Mosquito (shoal); 20880 m at 29°: Punta Remate (point); 21050 m at 96°: Santa Clara (estuary); 21550 m at 29°: Estero Remate (estuary).

Cayo Santa María: islands

12010 m at 216°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island); 16510 m at 53°: Cayo Miguelito (island); 19520 m at 219°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 23570 m at 231°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 24840 m at 195°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 26790 m at 329°: Cayo La Cana (island); 26970 m at 323°: Cayo Arenas (island); 27840 m at 325°: Cayo la Loma (island); 27990 m at 336°: Cayo Punta de los Machos (island); 28420 m at 324°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 29160 m at 202°: Cayo Bonito (island); 29580 m at 337°: Cayo Tío Joaquín (island).

Cayo Santa María: inland

15810 m at 85°: Caney de José Antonio (locality); 17230 m at 67°: Río Altamira (stream); 19350 m at 106°: Resistencia (stream); 22160 m at 34°: Río Muñoz (stream); 23200 m at 75°: Arizona (locality); 23310 m at 85°: El Cenizo (hamlet).

Cayo Santa María: distances

26090 m at 19°: Playa Santa María; 51390 m at 79°: La Clarita; 52680 m at 81°: Vertientes; 87210 m at 73°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 149680 m at 74°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 152430 m at 295°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 38560 m at 219°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Santa María: close by

7860 m at 264°: Cabezo Orejón (reef); 10370 m at 338°: Cabezo de la Cana (reef); 12010 m at 216°: Cayo Algodón Grande (cay); 16510 m at 53°: Cayo Miguelito (cay); 17570 m at 335°: Arrecife La Piedra de Punta Arena (reef); 19520 m at 219°: Cayo Algodoncito (cay); 20620 m at 55°: Embarcadero de Santa María (fishing); 23570 m at 231°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 24840 m at 195°: Cayo Mosquito (island group).

Cayo Santa María: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 coral reefs.

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Cayo Santa María: marine life records

7 records of 7 species within 10 km, 1937 to 1937: 7 molluscs. That is 2.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Cittarium pica, 1 (molluscs); Nitidella nitida, 1 (molluscs); Vasula deltoidea, 1 (molluscs); Probata barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Niveria quadripunctata, 1 (molluscs); Bulla striata, 1 (molluscs); Acar domingensis, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Santa María: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Santa María

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Santa María stands about 0.3 km away.