Cayo Santillana

Cayo Santillana: coast and water

1830 m at 75°: Punta Copal (point); 2200 m at 231°: Ensenada Pario (cove); 3640 m at 32°: Punta Jagüey (point); 3760 m at 68°: Punta Lochigo (point); 4300 m at 82°: Bahía Cabonico (bay); 4550 m at 342°: Ensenada Rompe Esquina (cove); 4780 m at 33°: Punta Dos Bahías (point); 5400 m at 321°: Punta Limón (point).

Cayo Santillana: islands

460 m at 4°: Cayo Lechuza (island); 1390 m at 179°: Cayo Tortuga (island); 2320 m at 1°: Cayo Grande (island); 3900 m at 277°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 4150 m at 304°: Cayo Ratón (island); 4400 m at 341°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 5690 m at 317°: Cayo Limón (island); 7290 m at 289°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 7290 m at 289°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 7520 m at 288°: Cayo Madama (islet).

Cayo Santillana: inland

1390 m at 179°: Arroyo Manatí (stream); 3520 m at 82°: Dos Bahías (locality); 3520 m at 82°: Río La Marea (stream); 3810 m at 133°: Cabonico Obelisco (settlement); 4490 m at 131°: Cabonico (settlement); 5000 m at 222°: Levisita (settlement).

Cayo Santillana: distances

4690 m at 246°: Nicaro-Levisa; 5100 m at 134°: Cabonico; 7860 m at 48°: Corinthia Beach; 85360 m at 277°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 29630 m at 303°: Port of Antilla (port); 89010 m at 206°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 18270 m at 153°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 37160 m at 321°: Comité Militar Banes; 39150 m at 232°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.

Cayo Santillana: close by

460 m at 4°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 1390 m at 179°: Cayo Tortuga (cay); 2320 m at 1°: Cayo Grande (cay); 3900 m at 277°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 4150 m at 304°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 4400 m at 341°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 5250 m at 85°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5690 m at 317°: Cayo Limón (cay); 6710 m at 299°: Isla Makey (cay); 7280 m at 289°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 7280 m at 289°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay); 7440 m at 339°: Cayo Saetía (cay).

Cayo Santillana: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 8 schools, 7 mines & quarries, 6 police & fire, 6 coral reefs, 5 places of worship, 4 garages & car services, 3 factories & works, 3 theatres & arts, 3 stations & terminals.

4860 m at 277°: Cine (theatres & arts); 5380 m at 226°: Chalé (guest houses & hostels); 5390 m at 287°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 5460 m at 284°: Casa de alquiler (guest houses & hostels); 5500 m at 231°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage); 5590 m at 231°: Terminal Levisa (stations & terminals); 5600 m at 288°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 5650 m at 140°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites); 5810 m at 289°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 6020 m at 232°: Batería Grupo Electrógeno Diésel Nicaro - Levisa (mines & quarries); 6140 m at 40°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 6310 m at 238°: Base de transporte Levisa (stations & terminals); 6460 m at 240°: Nicaro 110 kV (mines & quarries).

Cayo Santillana: marine life records

36 records of 25 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2025: 18 fish, 10 molluscs, 2 other, 1 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 11.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Tylosurus crocodilus, 1 (fish); Acanthurus tractus, 1 (fish); Stegastes leucostictus, 1 (fish); Pennaria disticha, 1 (corals).

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

Cayo Santillana: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Santillana

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 11 km away.