Cayo Tinta

Cayo Tinta: coast and water

4860 m at 3°: Canalizo La Cuberita (channel); 6030 m at 82°: Punta Mujeres (point); 7830 m at 316°: Canal Blanca (channel); 8330 m at 31°: Boca Ciega (channel); 8710 m at 269°: Paso de Sánchez (channel); 9320 m at 26°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz Lighthouse (lighthouse); 9370 m at 270°: Canalizo de Limones (channel); 10300 m at 316°: Canalizo El Pino (channel).

Cayo Tinta: islands

3730 m at 147°: Cayo Esponja (island); 5890 m at 31°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 8980 m at 79°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 11370 m at 319°: Cayo Cabezos (island); 11670 m at 80°: Cayo Blanquizal (island); 15400 m at 308°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 17060 m at 89°: Cayo Alcatraces (island); 18430 m at 268°: Cayo Rioja (island); 19190 m at 133°: Cayo Levisa (island); 20220 m at 146°: Cayo Parguete (island); 20570 m at 138°: Cayo Chino (island); 21810 m at 290°: Cayo Punta Arenas (island).

Cayo Tinta: inland

10880 m at 218°: Río Cañas (stream); 13400 m at 216°: Pepín (locality); 14770 m at 191°: El Salto (locality); 15760 m at 208°: Vista Hermosa (hamlet); 16500 m at 226°: San Ramón (hamlet); 16530 m at 209°: María Teresa (locality).

Cayo Tinta: distances

17250 m at 201°: Corralillo; 17550 m at 164°: Playa La Fe; 20060 m at 178°: Sierra Morena; 92520 m at 140°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 107530 m at 265°: Port of Matanzas (port); 62420 m at 273°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Cayo Tinta: close by

3730 m at 147°: Cayo Esponja (cay); 5880 m at 31°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 6340 m at 124°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 7830 m at 91°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 8970 m at 79°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 8990 m at 339°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 9060 m at 27°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay); 9340 m at 189°: Cayo Negro (cay); 10420 m at 206°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 10640 m at 254°: Cayo Negro (cay); 11360 m at 319°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 11680 m at 80°: Cayo Blanquizal (cay).

Cayo Tinta: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs.

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Cayo Tinta: marine life records

265 records of 58 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2001: 149 fish, 114 corals, 2 marine mammals. That is 84.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 24 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 19 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 18 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 10 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 8 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 8 (fish); Lutjanus griseus, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo Tinta: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Tinta

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 9.3 km away.