Flamingo Cay

Flamingo Cay: coast and water

650 m at 183°: Palma Point (point); 1680 m at 135°: Eagle Channel (channel); 1800 m at 249°: Port Palma (cove); 3530 m at 356°: Punta Cerrones (point); 3710 m at 289°: Laguna Abajo (lagoon); 3770 m at 130°: Granadillo Bay (bay); 3900 m at 137°: Granadillo Point (point); 4820 m at 36°: Guantanamo Bay (bay); 5330 m at 216°: Hicacal Beach (beach); 6040 m at 192°: Fisherman Point (point); 6340 m at 221°: Conde Beach (beach); 7130 m at 51°: Punta la Guásima (point); 8290 m at 34°: Ensenada de Joa (bay); 9040 m at 184°: Cable Beach (beach); 9090 m at 189°: Windward Point (point); 10770 m at 25°: Playa de Manatí (beach).

Flamingo Cay: islands

1580 m at 147°: Medio Cay (island); 1990 m at 56°: Cayo Redondo (island); 2690 m at 46°: Cayo Ramón (island); 2980 m at 170°: Hospital Cay (island); 3240 m at 47°: Cayo Piedra (island).

Flamingo Cay: inland

1200 m at 359°: El Deseo (locality); 2690 m at 100°: Commandants Hill (hill); 6460 m at 83°: Pozo Redondo (locality); 7360 m at 268°: Río Ullao (stream); 7610 m at 177°: Crane Hill (hill); 8800 m at 330°: Novaliches (locality); 9010 m at 336°: Crucero de Novaliches (locality); 9110 m at 303°: Cayamo (settlement); 9960 m at 21°: Arroyo Hondo (stream); 10060 m at 351°: La Prusiana (locality); 10380 m at 42°: Glorieta (settlement); 10450 m at 80°: Sierra Loma Las Guásimas (mountain).

Flamingo Cay: distances

2050 m at 353°: Caimanera; 3650 m at 71°: Boquerón; 5330 m at 216°: Hicacal Beach; 71670 m at 270°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 3060 m at 359°: Port of Guantánamo (port); 76110 m at 271°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Flamingo Cay: close by

1580 m at 147°: Medio Cay (cay); 1990 m at 56°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 2690 m at 46°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 2980 m at 170°: Hospital Cay (cay); 3240 m at 47°: Cayo Piedra (cay); 5070 m at 172°: Old fuel station (fishing).

Flamingo Cay: on and around

Within 15 km: 131 salt works, 9 power plants, 3 police & fire, 3 stores & supermarkets, 2 fuel stations, 2 stadiums & sport, 1 places of worship, 1 factories & works, 1 attractions, 1 trails & viewpoints.

5030 m at 157°: Marine Hill Pool (stadiums & sport); 6030 m at 166°: batting cages (stadiums & sport); 9740 m at 135°: Puesto de observación (attractions).

Flamingo Cay: marine life records

4000+ records of 731 species within 10 km, 1933 to 2026: 1160 sponges, 753 corals, 665 fish, 496 molluscs, 253 crustaceans, 184 echinoderms, 153 seabirds and shorebirds, 143 other, 100 marine mammals, 47 seagrass and algae, 34 sharks and rays, 12 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Trichechus manatus, 94 (marine mammals); Cyphoma gibbosum, 70 (molluscs); Xestospongia muta, 54 (sponges); Aplysina fistularis, 47 (sponges); Montastraea cavernosa, 44 (corals); Ptilocaulis walpersii, 43 (sponges); Condylactis gigantea, 41 (corals); Scolymia cubensis, 40 (corals); Porites porites, 40 (corals); Aiolochroia crassa, 40 (sponges); Astrophyton muricatum, 39 (echinoderms); Aliger gigas, 39 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 9, Feb 2, Mar 8, Apr 12, May 10, Jun 8, Jul 15, Aug 6, Sep 11, Oct 11, Nov 3, Dec 2.

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

Flamingo Cay: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Flamingo Cay

• Navigation: the lighthouse Windward Point Light stands about 9.0 km away.