Archipelagos · Ciego de Ávila
Cayos Manuel Gómez
Cayos Manuel Gómez is an island group at 21°03′11″N 78°49′41″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayos Manuel Gómez: coast and water
2880 m at 261°: Canal del Mégano (channel); 10840 m at 265°: Canal de Cuervo (channel); 13920 m at 183°: Mégano de Bergantines (shoal); 27390 m at 196°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 28000 m at 221°: Laguna Mangle Alto (lagoon); 28350 m at 275°: Placer de Caballones (shoal); 29760 m at 221°: Estero Guancho (estuary); 30450 m at 230°: Estero Las Auras (estuary).
Cayos Manuel Gómez: islands
6040 m at 93°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 12970 m at 283°: Cayo Cuervo (island); 23570 m at 51°: Cayo Santa María (island); 27340 m at 305°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 30530 m at 240°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 31880 m at 184°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 32640 m at 140°: Cayo Chocolate (island); 32720 m at 248°: Cayo Grande (island); 35150 m at 145°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 35260 m at 150°: Cayo Gordo (island); 36900 m at 158°: Cayo Vivero (island); 40070 m at 52°: Cayo Miguelito (island).
Cayos Manuel Gómez: inland
39570 m at 82°: Baltazar (locality); 40970 m at 90°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 43140 m at 90°: Garrapata (locality); 43170 m at 82°: San Diego (locality); 44440 m at 88°: Santa Isabel (locality); 45070 m at 52°: El Caney (hamlet).
Cayos Manuel Gómez: distances
47790 m at 34°: Playa Santa María; 73000 m at 70°: La Clarita; 73030 m at 17°: Baraguá; 109460 m at 68°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 171590 m at 71°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 143560 m at 303°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 16160 m at 202°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayos Manuel Gómez: close by
6050 m at 93°: Cayo Algodoncito (cay); 9100 m at 179°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 9130 m at 179°: Cayos Bergantines (cay); 12330 m at 65°: Cayo Algodón Grande (cay); 12970 m at 283°: Cayo Cuervo (cay); 13470 m at 184°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 14370 m at 148°: Cayo Bonito (cay); 14390 m at 233°: Cayo Cargado (cay); 15150 m at 127°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 17520 m at 37°: Cabezo Orejón (reef); 22620 m at 153°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (cay); 23570 m at 51°: Cayo Santa María (cay).
Cayos Manuel Gómez: on and around
Within 15 km: 9 coral reefs.
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Cayos Manuel Gómez: marine life records
75 records of 47 species within 15 km, 2011 to 2026: 51 fish, 13 sharks and rays, 4 corals, 3 other, 2 crustaceans, 2 turtles. That is 10.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Epinephelus striatus, 7 (fish); Carcharhinus perezii, 6 (sharks and rays); Carcharhinus falciformis, 5 (sharks and rays); Mycteroperca bonaci, 4 (fish); Epinephelus itajara, 4 (fish); Balistes vetula, 3 (fish); Crocodylus acutus, 3 (other); Apogon townsendi, 2 (fish); Eretmochelys imbricata, 2 (turtles); Hypoplectrus indigo, 2 (fish); Malacoctenus aurolineatus, 1 (fish); Bodianus parrae, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos Manuel Gómez: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.