Isla de Turiguano

Isla de Turiguano: coast and water

7000 m at 56°: Punta Cerrillos (point); 7440 m at 55°: Punta Cerrillo (point); 8150 m at 336°: Laguna El Coy (lagoon); 8700 m at 225°: Ensenada de Mancho (cove); 10200 m at 334°: Laguna de la Caldera (lagoon); 10730 m at 337°: Punta Caldera (point); 11740 m at 327°: Boca de la Caldera (channel); 13460 m at 108°: Laguna Ciega (lagoon).

Isla de Turiguano: islands

7260 m at 227°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 11450 m at 298°: Cayo Mujeres (island); 12640 m at 307°: Cayo El Toro (island); 17350 m at 14°: Cayo Eusebio del Oeste (islet); 20350 m at 355°: Cayo La Manuy (island); 20650 m at 10°: Cayo Partido (island); 21620 m at 47°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 22870 m at 51°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 23510 m at 87°: Cayo La Higuereta (island); 28370 m at 48°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 28830 m at 62°: Cayo Largo El Coco (island); 29060 m at 335°: Cayo Cubera (island).

Isla de Turiguano: inland

3550 m at 162°: Hato Viejo (hamlet); 3810 m at 146°: El Salado (settlement); 3830 m at 28°: Ojos de Agua (locality); 3970 m at 121°: Ciro Frías (settlement); 4980 m at 124°: Zarzal (hamlet); 7570 m at 180°: Laguna de Leche (lake).

Isla de Turiguano: distances

15970 m at 199°: Las Charcas; 17670 m at 184°: Morón; 18940 m at 284°: Kilo 9; 36550 m at 54°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 161260 m at 119°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 35430 m at 352°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 25910 m at 23°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Isla de Turiguano: close by

7260 m at 227°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 7850 m at 142°: Laguna La Redonda (fishing); 11450 m at 298°: Cayo Mujeres (cay); 12360 m at 298°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 12630 m at 307°: Cayo El Toro (cay); 13220 m at 297°: Cayo Haití (cay); 14050 m at 312°: Cayo Caimitos (cay); 14240 m at 313°: Cayo Estilla (cay); 14800 m at 316°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 16250 m at 174°: Alevinaje (fishing); 16440 m at 317°: Cayo Yana (cay); 17170 m at 317°: Cayo Vaca (cay).

Isla de Turiguano: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 police & fire, 1 mines & quarries, 1 garages & car services, 1 factories & works, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 post offices, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 schools.

4230 m at 38°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 7020 m at 76°: La Loma (peaks & volcanoes); 7440 m at 88°: Casa de Lubis y Fello (guest houses & hostels); 7520 m at 95°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport).

Isla de Turiguano: marine life records

48 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2025: 21 fish, 17 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae, 3 marine mammals, 1 molluscs. That is 15.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Nandopsis tetracanthus, 11 (fish); Oreochromis aureus, 6 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Fregata magnificens, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tursiops truncatus, 3 (marine mammals); Diapterus rhombeus, 2 (fish); Centropomus, 2 (fish); Sterna maxima, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris himantopus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 3; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 2, Mar 2, Dec 3.

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

Isla de Turiguano: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.