Cayo Vaca

Cayo Vaca: coast and water

4490 m at 170°: Ensenada de Cayo Vaca (bay); 7980 m at 246°: Playa Piñón (beach); 8190 m at 300°: Puerto Sagua La Grande (bay); 9410 m at 266°: Punta Uvero (point); 9650 m at 153°: Ensenada Trujillo (cove); 10540 m at 6°: Punta Las Lavanderas (point); 10820 m at 340°: Punta de Piedra (point); 10930 m at 148°: Laguna El Don Chicho (lagoon).

Cayo Vaca: islands

5130 m at 11°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 9400 m at 319°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 9520 m at 53°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 9990 m at 354°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 11140 m at 319°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 11610 m at 47°: Cayo La Vela (island); 11880 m at 12°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 13220 m at 94°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 19590 m at 111°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (island); 20080 m at 295°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 23650 m at 313°: Cayo Bicho (island); 23970 m at 312°: Cayo Matahambre (island).

Cayo Vaca: inland

3800 m at 229°: Venturilla (locality); 8000 m at 244°: Playa Piñón (settlement); 9280 m at 265°: Playa Uvero (settlement); 10070 m at 226°: Piñón Número Dos (hamlet); 11510 m at 237°: Alto Ubero (hamlet); 11810 m at 186°: Río Calabazar (stream).

Cayo Vaca: distances

7990 m at 246°: Playa Piñón; 14630 m at 272°: Playa Colorado; 15470 m at 138°: Playa Nazábal; 43610 m at 194°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 101330 m at 218°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 102970 m at 218°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 31670 m at 261°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Vaca: close by

2710 m at 7°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 5130 m at 11°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 5690 m at 84°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 6350 m at 348°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 6590 m at 320°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 6780 m at 273°: Cayo Róbalo (cay); 7640 m at 325°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 8200 m at 33°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 8210 m at 70°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 8410 m at 87°: Cayo Alto (cay); 8910 m at 344°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 9400 m at 319°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group).

Cayo Vaca: marine life records

320 records of 90 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2001: 221 fish, 92 corals, 7 crustaceans. That is 101.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella faveolata, 17 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 16 (fish); Acropora palmata, 16 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 15 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 12 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 11 (fish); Millepora complanata, 11 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 11 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 9 (fish).

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

Cayo Vaca: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.