Bajo de Minerva

Bajo de Minerva: coast and water

5440 m at 286°: Punta Orta (point); 6110 m at 199°: Punta La Quebrada (point); 11250 m at 263°: Ensenada del Atravesado (cove); 11300 m at 158°: Punta Patabán (point); 12600 m at 301°: Punta del Partido del Mégano (point); 13480 m at 256°: Ensenada Sureste (cove); 14350 m at 303°: Punta Oeste del Mégano (point); 17090 m at 255°: Laguna Media Esponja (lagoon); 21600 m at 172°: Punta Los Machos (point); 21990 m at 175°: Estero Macabí (estuary); 23600 m at 203°: Laguna Las Traviesas (lagoon); 24540 m at 164°: Punta Blanca (point); 24870 m at 168°: Estero La Lancha (estuary); 25380 m at 163°: Playa Blanca (beach).

Bajo de Minerva: islands

3830 m at 195°: Playa Cayo Cruz (islet); 4770 m at 222°: Cayo Tintorera (island); 7790 m at 259°: Cayo El Coco (island); 9040 m at 274°: Cayo Jaco (island); 9870 m at 233°: Cayo Punta del Cristo (island); 10050 m at 273°: Cayo del Gallego (island); 13030 m at 177°: Cayo Cabrón (island); 13740 m at 183°: Cayo Alegre (island).

Bajo de Minerva: inland

4960 m at 188°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 5150 m at 187°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 10950 m at 213°: Alto del Ají (hill).

Bajo de Minerva: distances

24430 m at 184°: Cayo Romano; 35970 m at 219°: Playa Guaney; 38750 m at 238°: Playa la Mula; 56280 m at 290°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 99850 m at 145°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 93500 m at 291°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Bajo de Minerva: close by

3830 m at 195°: Playa Cayo Cruz (cay); 4770 m at 222°: Cayo Tintorera (cay); 5300 m at 184°: Cayo Cruz (cay); 6820 m at 283°: Cayo del Ahogado (cay); 7790 m at 259°: Cayo El Coco (cay); 8550 m at 326°: Tributarios de Minerva (reef); 8750 m at 251°: Cayo Caobal (cay); 9040 m at 274°: Cayo Jaco (cay); 9600 m at 209°: Cayo La Garza (cay); 9870 m at 233°: Cayo Punta del Cristo (cay); 10040 m at 273°: Cayo del Gallego (cay); 10110 m at 215°: Cayo Siche (cay).

Bajo de Minerva: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 stores & supermarkets, 2 coral reefs, 1 historic & heritage, 1 fuel stations, 1 marinas, 1 attractions.

5560 m at 187°: Iguana (historic & heritage); 5670 m at 185°: Puerto Deportivo (marinas); 5710 m at 181°: Delfinario (attractions).

Bajo de Minerva: marine life records

29 records of 22 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2026: 16 seabirds and shorebirds, 7 molluscs, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 fish, 1 other, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 9.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Platalea ajaja, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris minutilla, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Phyllonotus pomum, 1 (molluscs); Manicina areolata, 1 (corals); Macrostrombus costatus, 1 (molluscs); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 1 (molluscs); Megaceryle alcyon, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pterois, 1 (fish); Tellina radiata, 1 (molluscs).

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

Bajo de Minerva: notes

No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.