Cayo Triste

Cayo Triste: coast and water

7010 m at 234°: Playa Sierra Morena (beach); 7510 m at 134°: Punta Chicharrón (point); 9400 m at 149°: Ensenada La Salina (cove); 10090 m at 128°: Pasa de Guillermo (channel); 10480 m at 132°: Punta los Jimaguas (point); 12210 m at 338°: Canal Sierra Morena (channel); 12960 m at 133°: Punta Gorda (point); 13810 m at 109°: Laguna de Santiago (lagoon).

Cayo Triste: islands

3840 m at 127°: Cayo Chino (island); 4660 m at 295°: Cayo Negrito (island); 4980 m at 27°: Cayo Redondo (island); 7530 m at 9°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 7720 m at 81°: Cayo Cayeras (island); 9940 m at 20°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 10430 m at 74°: Cayo Coco (island); 10850 m at 329°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 12110 m at 52°: Cayo Espartillo (island); 12680 m at 99°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 13110 m at 318°: Cayo Esponja (island); 14790 m at 352°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group).

Cayo Triste: inland

7270 m at 234°: Playa Sierra Morena (settlement); 7390 m at 219°: El Griego (locality); 8000 m at 203°: Santa Rita (locality); 8120 m at 232°: Tetuán (locality); 9220 m at 216°: La Conchita (hamlet); 9360 m at 240°: La Nueva Camila (locality).

Cayo Triste: distances

7030 m at 236°: Playa La Fe; 10230 m at 146°: Salinas del Jatal; 12470 m at 235°: Sierra Morena; 75710 m at 140°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 96140 m at 181°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 74930 m at 283°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 35040 m at 127°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Triste: close by

3280 m at 93°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 3840 m at 127°: Cayo Chino (cay); 3880 m at 171°: Cayo Parguete (cay); 4650 m at 200°: Cayo Flamencos (cay); 4650 m at 295°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 4980 m at 27°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 5470 m at 141°: Cayo Tricornia (cay); 6070 m at 55°: Cayo Frío (cay); 6080 m at 359°: Cayo Mosquitico (cay); 6180 m at 106°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 6970 m at 124°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 7530 m at 9°: Cayo Mosquito (cay).

Cayo Triste: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 camp sites, 2 schools, 2 guest houses & hostels, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 salt works, 1 farms & plantations, 1 places of worship.

7260 m at 232°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 7930 m at 179°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 12570 m at 253°: Campismo Ganuza (camp sites); 13420 m at 257°: Campismo El Salto (camp sites); 14950 m at 254°: Horizonte (guest houses & hostels); 14960 m at 254°: Hostal y Restaurante Horizontal (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Triste: marine life records

21 records of 19 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 15 crustaceans, 3 marine mammals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 6.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dynamenella perforata, 2 (crustaceans); Carpias algicola, 2 (crustaceans); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cirolana parva, 1 (crustaceans); Tursiops truncatus, 1 (marine mammals); Mesanthura pulchra, 1 (crustaceans); Machatrium spathulicarpus, 1 (crustaceans); Exosphaeroma productatelson, 1 (crustaceans); Amakusanthura signata, 1 (crustaceans); Apanthuroides millae, 1 (crustaceans); Gnathia virginalis, 1 (crustaceans).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 2, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Triste: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.