Cabezo del Jorobado

Cabezo del Jorobado: coast and water

1290 m at 243°: Laguna Ceibadal (lagoon); 1370 m at 127°: Cabeza Guano de Genaro (coral reef); 3810 m at 164°: Ensenada Sardinero (cove); 4150 m at 148°: Punta Majagua (point); 4410 m at 134°: Boca de Bahía Honda (inlet); 4440 m at 110°: Placer del Fuerte (shoal); 4580 m at 143°: Punta Buenavista (point); 4580 m at 143°: Punta Caimán (point); 4720 m at 114°: Estero Cerquita (estuary); 4820 m at 132°: Playa Carenero (beach); 5560 m at 239°: Laguna La Tabla (lagoon); 5620 m at 169°: Pasa de Corojal (channel); 5620 m at 169°: Bajo de la Caoba (shoal); 5620 m at 169°: Punta Cuarterola (point).

Cabezo del Jorobado: islands

1340 m at 252°: Cayuelo La Poza (island); 4900 m at 169°: Cayo Corojal (islet); 5950 m at 146°: Cayo del Muerto (island); 7930 m at 157°: Cayo El Chivo (island).

Cabezo del Jorobado: inland

2100 m at 150°: Batey (locality); 3810 m at 164°: La Caoba (locality); 5230 m at 128°: Carenero (settlement); 5370 m at 226°: Flores (locality).

Cabezo del Jorobado: distances

10800 m at 164°: Bahía Honda; 13760 m at 246°: Playa Morrillo; 18060 m at 224°: Arroyo de Piedra; 80310 m at 91°: José Martí International Airport ; 45420 m at 91°: Port of Mariel (port); 71420 m at 82°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 26990 m at 125°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario; 36750 m at 216°: Mil Cumbres.

Cabezo del Jorobado: close by

1340 m at 252°: Cayuelo La Poza (cay); 1370 m at 127°: Cabeza Guano de Genaro (reef); 1370 m at 127°: Cabezo Guano de Genaro (reef); 4910 m at 169°: Cayo Corojal (cay); 5950 m at 146°: Cayo del Muerto (cay); 7930 m at 157°: Cayo El Chivo (cay); 8210 m at 167°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 12770 m at 246°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 14190 m at 242°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 18320 m at 242°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 19260 m at 97°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 19310 m at 94°: Cayo Negrito (cay).

Cabezo del Jorobado: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 4 guest houses & hostels, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 2 factories & works, 2 historic & heritage, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 hospitals, 2 fuel stations, 1 places of worship, 1 camp sites.

4660 m at 116°: Fuerte de San Fernando (historic & heritage); 7930 m at 164°: Vista al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 10710 m at 165°: Casa Gualberto y Deysi (guest houses & hostels); 10890 m at 233°: Casa Abella (guest houses & hostels); 11030 m at 245°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 11100 m at 163°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 11170 m at 163°: Parque de las Madres (urban parks & plazas); 11220 m at 162°: Museo municipal (museums); 11420 m at 157°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 12770 m at 246°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage).

Cabezo del Jorobado: marine life records

1820 records of 233 species within 10 km, 1877 to 2017: 1453 other, 206 molluscs, 69 crustaceans, 64 corals, 11 echinoderms, 8 fish, 6 marine mammals, 3 sponges. That is 579.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Chaetognatha, 60 (other); Ostracoda, 48 (other); Mecynocera gracilis, 45 (other); Undinula vulgaris, 45 (other); Clausocalanus furcatus, 45 (other); Calanoida, 40 (other); Oncaea media, 40 (other); Oncaea venusta venella, 40 (other); Calocalanus pavoninus, 40 (other); Nannocalanus minor, 40 (other); Farranula gracilis, 35 (other); Oncaea, 35 (other).

Months with records, marine mammals: Nov 4, Dec 2.

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

Cabezo del Jorobado: notes

Hotels and dive centres arrange guides and equipment.

Getting to Cabezo del Jorobado

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Gobernadora stands about 2.3 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta del Morillo stands about 4.6 km away.