Cayo Vaca

Cayo Vaca: coast and water

1970 m at 86°: Ensenada Jiguaní (cove); 3900 m at 96°: Laguna de Jiguaní (lagoon); 6060 m at 115°: Boca de la Caldera (channel); 7210 m at 275°: Punta Salina (point); 8640 m at 173°: Punta de Piedra (point); 8870 m at 169°: Punta del Mosquito (point); 13730 m at 327°: Canalizo del Abogado (channel); 14770 m at 197°: Canal la Palma (channel).

Cayo Vaca: islands

2390 m at 143°: Cayo Palomo (islet); 7310 m at 167°: Cayo Mujeres (island); 12660 m at 52°: Cayo La Manuy (island); 13830 m at 358°: Cayo Cubera (island); 16670 m at 75°: Cayo Eusebio del Oeste (islet); 16760 m at 329°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 17340 m at 328°: Cayo Candela (island); 18780 m at 358°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 19320 m at 25°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 19700 m at 12°: Cayo Güincho (island); 19750 m at 0°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (island); 21290 m at 41°: Cayo Toro (island).

Cayo Vaca: inland

5080 m at 274°: Máximo Gómez (settlement); 9100 m at 201°: Monte Chicola (locality); 9300 m at 252°: Cebo Los Corrales (locality); 9750 m at 161°: Laguna del Navío (pond); 10070 m at 263°: Lomas de Yeso (hills); 10210 m at 220°: Kilo Nueve (locality).

Cayo Vaca: distances

10230 m at 220°: Kilo 9; 21490 m at 227°: El Asiento; 24360 m at 243°: Arroyo de Agua; 42420 m at 78°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 177640 m at 262°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 23650 m at 17°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 24750 m at 63°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 38810 m at 322°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María.

Cayo Vaca: close by

740 m at 128°: Cayo Yana (cay); 2390 m at 143°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 2550 m at 275°: Cayo Ladrones (cay); 3100 m at 154°: Cayo Estilla (cay); 3380 m at 157°: Cayo Caimitos (cay); 5210 m at 161°: Cayo El Toro (cay); 6470 m at 180°: Cayo Haití (cay); 6740 m at 172°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 7300 m at 167°: Cayo Mujeres (cay); 7890 m at 271°: Base de Pesca Particular (fishing); 12660 m at 52°: Cayo La Manuy (cay); 13830 m at 358°: Cayo Cubera (cay).

Cayo Vaca: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 4 schools, 4 salt works, 3 factories & works, 1 camp sites, 1 hospitals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 mines & quarries, 1 fuel stations, 1 markets & malls.

3980 m at 256°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites); 5110 m at 275°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 7310 m at 265°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9120 m at 269°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Vaca: marine life records

57 records of 36 species within 10 km, 2015 to 2025: 36 fish, 13 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 sponges. That is 18.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Benthocometes robustus, 4 (fish); Zalieutes mcgintyi, 4 (fish); Malthopsis gnoma, 3 (fish); Benthobatis marcida, 3 (sharks and rays); Saurida caribbaea, 2 (fish); Verilus pseudomicrolepis, 2 (fish); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Peristedion, 2 (fish); Johnsonina eriomma, 2 (fish); Bathycongrus thysanochilus, 1 (fish); Neoepinnula orientalis, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Vaca: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.