Hospital Cay

Hospital Cay: coast and water

2150 m at 88°: Granadillo Point (point); 2580 m at 28°: Wireless Inlet (inlet); 2630 m at 348°: Salinas Point (point); 3350 m at 198°: Corinaso Point (point); 3460 m at 211°: Fisherman Point (point); 5400 m at 203°: Playa del Este (beach); 5760 m at 169°: Blue Beach (beach); 5980 m at 162°: Blind Beach (beach); 6200 m at 191°: Cable Beach (beach); 6390 m at 12°: Port of Guantanamo (anchorage); 6830 m at 228°: Leeward Point (point); 7290 m at 230°: Hidden Beach (beach); 7590 m at 12°: Punta Manatí (point); 9950 m at 106°: Punta Conde de Jaruco (point); 9980 m at 110°: Bahía Puerto Escondido (bay); 10640 m at 23°: Ensenada de Joa (bay).

Hospital Cay: islands

1650 m at 12°: Medio Cay (island); 2980 m at 350°: Flamingo Cay (island); 4200 m at 16°: Cayo Redondo (island); 5000 m at 17°: Cayo Ramón (island); 5460 m at 20°: Cayo Piedra (island).

Hospital Cay: inland

3240 m at 41°: Commandants Hill (hill); 4810 m at 162°: Paul Jones Mountain (hill); 4990 m at 351°: Caimanera (settlement); 5160 m at 186°: McCalla Hill (hill); 6050 m at 200°: Phillips Park (settlement); 6960 m at 58°: Pozo Redondo (locality); 7420 m at 111°: Loma Picote (hill); 8300 m at 288°: Río Ullao (stream); 8790 m at 313°: Caño Verga (settlement); 10110 m at 84°: Loma Los Malones (mountain); 11410 m at 318°: La Larga (locality); 12130 m at 314°: El Cuero (settlement).

Hospital Cay: distances

3930 m at 250°: Hicacal Beach; 5030 m at 248°: Conde Beach; 5030 m at 351°: Caimanera; 72270 m at 273°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 6020 m at 355°: Port of Guantánamo (port); 76720 m at 273°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Hospital Cay: close by

1650 m at 12°: Medio Cay (cay); 2090 m at 176°: Old fuel station (fishing); 2980 m at 350°: Flamingo Cay (cay); 4200 m at 16°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 4990 m at 17°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 5460 m at 20°: Cayo Piedra (cay).

Hospital Cay: on and around

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

2230 m at 139°: Marine Hill Pool (stadiums & sport); 3060 m at 161°: batting cages (stadiums & sport); 7490 m at 122°: Puesto de observación (attractions).

Hospital Cay: marine life records

4000+ records of 733 species within 10 km, 1933 to 2026: 1148 sponges, 771 corals, 664 fish, 495 molluscs, 251 crustaceans, 181 echinoderms, 153 seabirds and shorebirds, 141 other, 101 marine mammals, 47 seagrass and algae, 36 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); Scolymia cubensis, 40 (corals); Porites porites, 40 (corals); Aiolochroia crassa, 40 (sponges); Condylactis gigantea, 40 (corals); Astrophyton muricatum, 39 (echinoderms); Aliger gigas, 38 (molluscs).

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

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

Hospital Cay: notes

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

Getting to Hospital Cay

• Navigation: the lighthouse Windward Point Light stands about 6.3 km away.