Cayuelo del Cristo

Cayuelo del Cristo: coast and water

950 m at 134°: Punta Chernas (point); 3920 m at 207°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 4000 m at 123°: Cayo del Cristo Lighthouse (lighthouse); 5760 m at 155°: Boca Ciega (channel); 6560 m at 295°: Bajo Telegrama (shoal); 6910 m at 288°: Punta Boca de Sagua (point); 8570 m at 156°: Punta Leña (point); 8760 m at 273°: Bajos del Esponjal (shoal).

Cayuelo del Cristo: islands

8560 m at 183°: Cayo Levisa (island); 9830 m at 165°: Cayo Palomo (island); 9970 m at 167°: Cayo Paloma (island); 10460 m at 293°: Cayo Arbolito (island); 10850 m at 292°: Cayuelo de Gandón (island); 11640 m at 177°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 12850 m at 148°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 12870 m at 278°: Cayo Empalizada de Sotavento (island); 16460 m at 136°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 16520 m at 235°: Cayo Las Glorias (island); 16880 m at 229°: Cayo Punta Rosas (island); 17370 m at 152°: Cayo Chubasco (island).

Cayuelo del Cristo: inland

18820 m at 203°: Júcaro (hamlet); 18870 m at 205°: Roldán (locality); 18990 m at 178°: Palma Sola (locality); 19510 m at 193°: Hacienda Ganadera (hamlet); 19970 m at 198°: San Jorge (locality); 21290 m at 207°: Alcover (locality).

Cayuelo del Cristo: distances

12790 m at 176°: Isabela de Sagua; 13460 m at 185°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 20220 m at 168°: Playa Colorado; 62990 m at 173°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109280 m at 203°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 110780 m at 204°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 28300 m at 206°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayuelo del Cristo: close by

2760 m at 135°: Cayo del Cristo (cay); 4240 m at 176°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 4270 m at 166°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 4390 m at 161°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 4540 m at 259°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 4960 m at 157°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 5110 m at 285°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (cay); 5310 m at 267°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 5400 m at 225°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 5820 m at 285°: Cayo Hicacal (cay); 6770 m at 112°: Cabezos de Maravillas (reef); 7460 m at 152°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay).

Cayuelo del Cristo: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 salt works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 factories & works, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

12380 m at 173°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 12400 m at 174°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 12530 m at 175°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 12870 m at 176°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayuelo del Cristo: marine life records

117 records of 59 species within 10 km, 1931 to 1995: 100 fish, 7 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays, 2 molluscs. That is 37.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Strongylura notata, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish); Erotelis smaragdus, 4 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 4 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 4 (fish); Gammaridea, 4 (crustaceans); Holocentrus rufus, 2 (fish); Malacanthus plumieri, 2 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 2, Dec 1.

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

Cayuelo del Cristo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayuelo del Cristo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 4.0 km away.