Cayo Versagua

Cayo Versagua: coast and water

960 m at 307°: Punta de Versagua (point); 5280 m at 247°: Punta Novillo (point); 5640 m at 29°: Boca Chica (channel); 6860 m at 13°: Playa La Uva (beach); 6980 m at 266°: Bahía de Novillo (bay); 7120 m at 176°: Ensenada de Cayo Vaca (bay); 7520 m at 302°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel); 7830 m at 6°: Punta Las Lavanderas (point).

Cayo Versagua: islands

7880 m at 304°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 9920 m at 286°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 10320 m at 289°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 11200 m at 272°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 14020 m at 298°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 15650 m at 305°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 15680 m at 307°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 16170 m at 92°: Cayo Pajonal (island); 17780 m at 111°: Cayo Marcos (island); 21500 m at 295°: Cayo Levisa (island); 22180 m at 307°: Cayo Bicho (island); 22520 m at 306°: Cayo Matahambre (island).

Cayo Versagua: inland

5190 m at 178°: Dolores (locality); 9660 m at 223°: Batey Lazo (locality); 10220 m at 250°: Playa Uvero (settlement); 12740 m at 171°: Estero de Granadillo (locality); 14040 m at 230°: Alejandrina (hamlet); 14700 m at 209°: El Triángulo (hamlet).

Cayo Versagua: distances

9670 m at 232°: Playa Piñón; 15130 m at 261°: Playa Colorado; 17380 m at 145°: Playa Nazábal; 46300 m at 194°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 103680 m at 217°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 105310 m at 217°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 32550 m at 256°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Versagua: close by

2420 m at 15°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 2710 m at 187°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 3890 m at 335°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 5140 m at 297°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 5720 m at 112°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 5890 m at 45°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 5900 m at 308°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 6520 m at 334°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 7380 m at 349°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 7400 m at 89°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 7500 m at 251°: Cayo Róbalo (cay); 7860 m at 67°: Cayos Careneros (island group).

Cayo Versagua: marine life records

494 records of 142 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2017: 221 fish, 138 sponges, 126 corals, 7 crustaceans, 2 other. That is 157.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 33 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 18 (sponges); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 18 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 17 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 16 (fish); Acropora palmata, 16 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 15 (fish); Stichopathes, 14 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 12 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish).

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

Cayo Versagua: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.