Pichado Key (historical)

Pichado Key (historical): coast and water

3060 m at 80°: Bahía Obispo (bay); 8300 m at 4°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef); 12680 m at 189°: Laguna Las Picúas (lagoon); 14020 m at 108°: Punta de Chibolo (point); 14090 m at 171°: Laguna Joaquín Pérez (lagoon); 14500 m at 206°: Punta de Chicho (point); 14740 m at 333°: Arrecife Mégano de Nicolao (reef); 15730 m at 315°: Bajo Nicolao (reef).

Pichado Key (historical): islands

2620 m at 136°: Cayo Cuaba (island); 4740 m at 214°: Cayo Alto (island); 7070 m at 247°: Cayo Espartillo (island); 10110 m at 286°: Cayo Alcatraces (island); 12600 m at 266°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 12860 m at 196°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 12980 m at 134°: Cayo El Barbero (island); 13270 m at 219°: Cayo Negro (island); 13960 m at 200°: Cayo Guajiro (island); 14270 m at 211°: Cayo La Solapa (island); 14450 m at 97°: Cayuelo de Gandón (island); 14890 m at 166°: Cayo Las Toninas (island).

Pichado Key (historical): inland

22450 m at 199°: Gómez (locality); 22640 m at 202°: María Josefa (locality); 23520 m at 207°: Felicia (locality); 24300 m at 206°: La Piedra (settlement); 24400 m at 221°: La Panchita (settlement); 24400 m at 149°: Laguna el Limpio (pond).

Pichado Key (historical): distances

21420 m at 209°: Salinas del Jatal; 21660 m at 168°: Playa de Durán; 26060 m at 237°: Playa La Fe; 75740 m at 154°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 108010 m at 190°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 89280 m at 274°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 33590 m at 159°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Pichado Key (historical): close by

1680 m at 12°: Cayo Quinchos (cay); 2430 m at 305°: Cayo La Yana (cay); 2550 m at 14°: Cayo Basura (cay); 2610 m at 136°: Cayo Cuaba (cay); 3400 m at 230°: Cayo Esperanza (cay); 4740 m at 214°: Cayo Alto (cay); 4910 m at 44°: Cayo Verde (cay); 5270 m at 162°: Cayo Mahomito (cay); 5830 m at 91°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (cay); 6940 m at 197°: Cayo Partido (cay); 7070 m at 247°: Cayo Espartillo (cay); 8300 m at 4°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef).

Pichado Key (historical): on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Pichado Key (historical): marine life records

311 records of 54 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2005: 180 fish, 118 corals, 12 marine mammals, 1 molluscs. That is 99.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 30 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 21 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 18 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Tursiops truncatus, 12 (marine mammals); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Porites astreoides, 10 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 12.

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

Pichado Key (historical): notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.