Cayos Paloma

Cayos Paloma: coast and water

11460 m at 301°: Canal de Piedras (channel); 11480 m at 350°: Canal Cirial (channel); 25380 m at 130°: Canal del Mégano (channel); 26260 m at 221°: Punta de Hierro (point); 27830 m at 215°: Laguna Boca Grande (lagoon); 27980 m at 260°: Canal Cinco Balas (channel); 28420 m at 223°: Punta de Boca Grande (point); 28750 m at 34°: Cabezo Seco de Flamenco (shoal).

Cayos Paloma: islands

16790 m at 263°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (island); 26720 m at 156°: Cayo Cargado (island); 27330 m at 125°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 29090 m at 196°: Cayo Grande (island); 29750 m at 237°: Cayo Inglés (island); 31640 m at 50°: Cayo Arenas (island); 32600 m at 120°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 38150 m at 36°: Cayo Guásimas (island); 39280 m at 48°: Cayo Tío Joaquín (island); 40210 m at 32°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 40250 m at 257°: Cayo Bretón (island); 40560 m at 91°: Cayo Santa María (island).

Cayos Paloma: inland

41210 m at 345°: Jatibonico del Sur (stream); 41710 m at 346°: Los Derrames del Jatibonico (locality); 41890 m at 350°: Las Nuevas (stream); 42060 m at 344°: Los Derrames (locality); 44250 m at 340°: El Toro (hamlet); 47100 m at 344°: Caledonio García (locality).

Cayos Paloma: distances

54570 m at 64°: Playa Santa María; 65590 m at 23°: Venezuela; 66190 m at 342°: La Sierpe; 118720 m at 304°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 179180 m at 307°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 116250 m at 302°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 34730 m at 152°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayos Paloma: close by

14860 m at 293°: Cayo Piedra (reef); 16190 m at 143°: Cayo Cuervo (cay); 16240 m at 264°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 16770 m at 262°: Cayo Niara (cay); 16790 m at 263°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (cay).

Cayos Paloma: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayos Paloma: marine life records

15 records of 12 species within 15 km, 2022 to 2022: 10 fish, 2 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 turtles, 1 crustaceans. That is 2.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Carcharhinus perezii, 2 (sharks and rays); Ophioblennius macclurei, 2 (fish); Stegastes adustus, 2 (fish); Phymanthus crucifer, 1 (corals); Balistes vetula, 1 (fish); Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Tigrigobius multifasciatus, 1 (fish); Cantherhines pullus, 1 (fish); Gobioclinus guppyi, 1 (fish); Mycteroperca bonaci, 1 (fish); Epinephelus striatus, 1 (fish); Percnon gibbesi, 1 (crustaceans).

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

Cayos Paloma: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.