Medio Cay

Medio Cay: coast and water

1080 m at 51°: Wireless Inlet (inlet); 1310 m at 317°: Salinas Point (point); 2300 m at 119°: Granadillo Bay (bay); 2460 m at 204°: Caracoles Point (point); 2550 m at 142°: Caravela Point (point); 3150 m at 164°: Bargo Cove (cove); 4750 m at 12°: Port of Guantanamo (anchorage); 4960 m at 170°: Evans Point (point); 4970 m at 347°: Punta Cerrones (point); 7030 m at 201°: Playa del Este (beach); 7310 m at 174°: Blue Beach (beach); 7360 m at 180°: Cuzco Beach (beach); 7550 m at 223°: Saint Nicolas Point (point); 7890 m at 153°: Windmill Beach (beach); 8170 m at 239°: Mahomilla Bay (bay); 10400 m at 29°: Punta Negra (point).

Medio Cay: islands

1580 m at 327°: Flamingo Cay (island); 1650 m at 192°: Hospital Cay (island); 2560 m at 18°: Cayo Redondo (island); 3360 m at 19°: Cayo Ramón (island); 3830 m at 23°: Cayo Piedra (island).

Medio Cay: inland

1960 m at 65°: Commandants Hill (hill); 2680 m at 340°: El Deseo (locality); 4170 m at 49°: Mártires de la Frontera (settlement); 6290 m at 169°: Paul Jones Mountain (hill); 7560 m at 87°: Loma Bejuco (hill); 8070 m at 303°: Caño Verga (settlement); 8290 m at 277°: Río Ullao (stream); 9920 m at 72°: Sierra Loma Las Guásimas (mountain); 10380 m at 330°: Novaliches (locality); 10900 m at 34°: Glorieta (settlement); 10960 m at 14°: Arroyo Hondo (stream); 11110 m at 122°: Loma Tetas de Santos (hill).

Medio Cay: distances

3540 m at 342°: Caimanera; 3610 m at 46°: Boquerón; 5010 m at 234°: Hicacal Beach; 72560 m at 271°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 4470 m at 348°: Port of Guantánamo (port); 77010 m at 272°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Medio Cay: close by

1580 m at 327°: Flamingo Cay (cay); 1650 m at 192°: Hospital Cay (cay); 2560 m at 18°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 3350 m at 19°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 3700 m at 183°: Old fuel station (fishing); 3840 m at 23°: Cayo Piedra (cay).

Medio 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 factories & works, 1 places of worship, 1 attractions, 1 trails & viewpoints.

3480 m at 161°: Marine Hill Pool (stadiums & sport); 4560 m at 172°: batting cages (stadiums & sport); 8200 m at 133°: Puesto de observación (attractions).

Medio Cay: marine life records

4000+ records of 732 species within 10 km, 1933 to 2026: 1151 sponges, 769 corals, 664 fish, 495 molluscs, 251 crustaceans, 181 echinoderms, 153 seabirds and shorebirds, 142 other, 101 marine mammals, 47 seagrass and algae, 35 sharks and rays, 11 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.

Medio Cay: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Medio Cay

• Navigation: the lighthouse Windward Point Light stands about 7.9 km away.