Cabeza Guano de Genaro

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: coast and water

1810 m at 282°: Punta Ceibadal (point); 2250 m at 276°: Laguna Ceibadal (lagoon); 3060 m at 138°: Boca de Bahía Honda (inlet); 3290 m at 150°: Punta Caimán (point); 3290 m at 150°: Punta Buenavista (point); 3400 m at 109°: Estero Cerquita (estuary); 3410 m at 275°: Punta Gobernadora (point); 3460 m at 134°: Playa Carenero (beach); 3860 m at 168°: Bajo del Linar (shoal); 3980 m at 178°: Punta San Ignacio (point); 4080 m at 181°: Punta Júcaro (point); 4380 m at 154°: Ensenada de la Cazuela (cove); 4410 m at 130°: Punta Los Esteros (point); 4410 m at 130°: Estero Tejar (estuary).

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: islands

2410 m at 280°: Cayuelo La Poza (island); 3990 m at 182°: Cayo Corojal (islet); 4670 m at 151°: Cayo del Muerto (island); 6770 m at 163°: Cayo El Chivo (island); 7210 m at 174°: Cayo Pájaro (island).

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: inland

2380 m at 202°: Corojalito (settlement); 3960 m at 118°: La Zona (hamlet); 5540 m at 94°: El Río (locality); 5570 m at 217°: Vaquería Comandante Número Dos (ranch).

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: distances

9740 m at 168°: Bahía Honda; 14480 m at 251°: Playa Morrillo; 18290 m at 229°: Arroyo de Piedra; 79210 m at 90°: José Martí International Airport ; 44320 m at 90°: Port of Mariel (port); 70470 m at 81°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 25620 m at 125°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario; 36740 m at 218°: Mil Cumbres.

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: close by

0 m at 0°: Cabezo Guano de Genaro (reef); 1370 m at 307°: Cabezo del Jorobado (reef); 2410 m at 280°: Cayuelo La Poza (cay); 3990 m at 182°: Cayo Corojal (cay); 4670 m at 151°: Cayo del Muerto (cay); 6770 m at 163°: Cayo El Chivo (cay); 7210 m at 174°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 13480 m at 251°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 14810 m at 247°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 18090 m at 95°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 18180 m at 91°: Cayo Negrito (cay); 18940 m at 246°: Cayo Morrillo (cay).

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 coral reefs, 4 guest houses & hostels, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 2 factories & works, 2 historic & heritage, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 fuel stations, 2 hospitals, 1 places of worship, 1 government & embassies.

3320 m at 112°: Fuerte de San Fernando (historic & heritage); 6880 m at 171°: Vista al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 9670 m at 170°: Casa Gualberto y Deysi (guest houses & hostels); 10030 m at 168°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 10090 m at 168°: Parque de las Madres (urban parks & plazas); 10130 m at 167°: Museo municipal (museums); 10240 m at 164°: Villa Tita (guest houses & hostels); 10260 m at 161°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 11740 m at 251°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 13480 m at 251°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage).

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: marine life records

1477 records of 151 species within 10 km, 1877 to 2003: 1290 other, 67 crustaceans, 58 corals, 35 molluscs, 11 echinoderms, 9 fish, 4 marine mammals, 3 sponges. That is 470.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ostracoda, 48 (other); Undinula vulgaris, 45 (other); Mecynocera gracilis, 40 (other); Calanoida, 40 (other); Oncaea media, 40 (other); Oncaea venusta venella, 40 (other); Chaetognatha, 40 (other); Clausocalanus furcatus, 40 (other); Nannocalanus minor, 40 (other); Farranula gracilis, 35 (other); Oncaea, 35 (other); Calocalanus pavoninus, 35 (other).

Months with records, marine mammals: Nov 4.

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

Cabeza Guano de Genaro: notes

Hotels and dive centres arrange guides and equipment.

Getting to Cabeza Guano de Genaro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta del Morillo stands about 3.3 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Gobernadora stands about 3.4 km away.