Cayos Pilón

Cayos Pilón: coast and water

6250 m at 124°: Pasa Bergantines (channel); 7340 m at 338°: Estero El Ñato (estuary); 8620 m at 80°: Laguna Cañones (lagoon); 9060 m at 337°: Estero Palizada (estuary); 9410 m at 95°: Estero Esterón (estuary); 9470 m at 77°: Laguna Los Mosquitos (lagoon); 12270 m at 170°: Canal Pasa Ancha (channel); 14050 m at 124°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel).

Cayos Pilón: islands

2970 m at 291°: Cayo Piloncito (island); 5850 m at 96°: Cayos Mate Adentro (island group); 5990 m at 135°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 7990 m at 133°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 8190 m at 331°: Cayo Manatí (island); 11810 m at 105°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 12290 m at 289°: Cayos Pingües (island group); 12960 m at 201°: Cayo Botijuela (island); 14760 m at 310°: Cayo Cienfuegos (islet); 14770 m at 169°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 14880 m at 226°: Cayo Granada (island); 14910 m at 100°: Cayo Carenero (islet).

Cayos Pilón: inland

8760 m at 352°: Lázaro (stream); 11330 m at 355°: Pollona (locality); 11610 m at 40°: El Olimpo (hamlet); 12090 m at 74°: Lunanco (locality); 12250 m at 37°: El Manguito (locality); 12430 m at 352°: San Juan de Dios (stream).

Cayos Pilón: distances

14700 m at 91°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 17160 m at 95°: Playa Bonita; 55900 m at 92°: Guayabal; 84000 m at 21°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 130170 m at 44°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 214870 m at 345°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos Pilón: close by

1330 m at 263°: Cayo La Torre (cay); 2970 m at 291°: Cayo Piloncito (cay); 4210 m at 64°: Cayo Puga (cay); 5850 m at 96°: Cayos Mate Adentro (island group); 5990 m at 135°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 7640 m at 147°: Cayo Becky (cay); 7990 m at 133°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 8190 m at 331°: Cayo Manatí (cay); 8290 m at 147°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 8490 m at 311°: Cayo Punta Iguna (cay); 8530 m at 312°: Cayo Wendy (cay); 8570 m at 311°: Cayo Punta Iguana (cay).

Cayos Pilón: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 schools, 8 stores & supermarkets, 6 government & embassies, 6 trails & viewpoints, 5 clinics & polyclinics, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 3 places of worship, 2 sugar mills & refineries, 2 stations & terminals.

14450 m at 87°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 14460 m at 87°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 14760 m at 83°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 14780 m at 78°: Guáimaro (117km) (trails & viewpoints); 14780 m at 77°: Nuevitas (160km) (trails & viewpoints); 14790 m at 81°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 14790 m at 80°: Florida (115km) (trails & viewpoints); 14790 m at 82°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 14820 m at 90°: Museo Municipal (museums); 14830 m at 90°: Monumento (attractions).

Cayos Pilón: marine life records

587 records of 58 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2001: 349 fish, 237 corals, 1 molluscs. That is 83.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 48 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 43 (corals); Porites astreoides, 42 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 37 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 31 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 26 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 24 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 24 (corals); Scarus iseri, 24 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 21 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 21 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 19 (fish).

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

Cayos Pilón: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.