Cayo Verde

Cayo Verde: coast and water

4990 m at 279°: Punta Sardines (point); 12100 m at 126°: Punta de Piedras (point); 13960 m at 314°: Arrecife Mégano de Nicolao (reef); 14410 m at 115°: Boca de Sagua la Grande (channel); 14780 m at 276°: Punta Real (point); 16290 m at 166°: Laguna de Piedra (lagoon); 16390 m at 298°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 16430 m at 114°: Bajo Telegrama (shoal).

Cayo Verde: islands

4360 m at 146°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (island); 4910 m at 224°: Pichado Key (historical) (island); 5630 m at 197°: Cayo Cuaba (island); 8690 m at 192°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 9610 m at 219°: Cayo Alto (island); 11450 m at 175°: Los Conucos (island); 12160 m at 116°: Cayuelo de Gandón (island); 12540 m at 115°: Cayo Arbolito (island); 16100 m at 217°: Cayo Gallina (island); 17330 m at 203°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 17770 m at 234°: Cayo Frío (island); 17970 m at 179°: Cayo Las Toninas (island).

Cayo Verde: inland

26620 m at 193°: Maja (stream); 26980 m at 204°: Gómez (locality); 27710 m at 207°: Sitio Las Cañas (locality); 28240 m at 210°: Felicia (locality); 28450 m at 163°: Pancho Pérez (settlement); 28690 m at 202°: Sabanilla (hamlet).

Cayo Verde: distances

24730 m at 177°: Playa de Durán; 26190 m at 212°: Salinas del Jatal; 30280 m at 139°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 77580 m at 158°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 112100 m at 191°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 92530 m at 272°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 35930 m at 166°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Verde: close by

2990 m at 249°: Cayo Basura (cay); 3600 m at 239°: Cayo Quinchos (cay); 4360 m at 146°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (cay); 4910 m at 224°: Pichado Key (historical) (cay); 5580 m at 329°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef); 5630 m at 197°: Cayo Cuaba (cay); 5820 m at 249°: Cayo La Yana (cay); 8300 m at 226°: Cayo Esperanza (cay); 8700 m at 192°: Cayo Mahomito (cay); 9610 m at 219°: Cayo Alto (cay); 11140 m at 136°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 11260 m at 133°: Cayo Empalizada de Sotavento (cay).

Cayo Verde: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

.

Cayo Verde: marine life records

312 records of 58 species within 10 km, 1969 to 2005: 182 fish, 118 corals, 7 marine mammals, 3 crustaceans, 2 molluscs. That is 99.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 30 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 21 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 18 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Porites astreoides, 10 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 7.

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

Cayo Verde: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.