Cays & islands · Pinar del Río

Cayo Babún

Satellite view of Cayo Babún, Cuba
Cayo Babún (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Babún is a cay at 22°28′59″N 84°19′01″W in Pinar del Río province.

GPS 22.48333, -84.3169422°29′00″N 84°19′01″W

Cayo Babún: coast and water

2230 m at 136°: Punta las Canas (point); 3320 m at 268°: Punta Vinagrera (point); 3380 m at 76°: Ensenada de Santa Rosa (bay); 4060 m at 224°: Punta Remagillal (point); 5980 m at 185°: Ensenada Santa Isabel (bay); 7420 m at 188°: Punta Santa Isabel (point); 8650 m at 68°: Ensenada San Felipe (bay); 10500 m at 217°: Punta del Este (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Babún
Cayo Babún, wider

Cayo Babún: islands

1870 m at 339°: Cayo Rapado Grande (island); 2190 m at 126°: Cayo Murias (island); 4790 m at 229°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 9360 m at 67°: Cayo Escalón (island); 10110 m at 45°: Cayo Diego (island); 10230 m at 73°: Cayo Largo (island); 11240 m at 67°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 11350 m at 49°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 13220 m at 227°: Cayo de Buenavista (island); 25240 m at 43°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group).

Cayo Babún: inland

7120 m at 105°: Pinal Ciego (hamlet); 8650 m at 163°: Cayo Largo (locality); 9120 m at 154°: Entronque de Cayo Largo (settlement); 9420 m at 168°: Copales (settlement); 10300 m at 90°: Dolores (locality); 10800 m at 103°: Pueblo Nuevo (settlement).

Cayo Babún: distances

4210 m at 138°: Playa Las Canas; 19020 m at 54°: Playa Alejo; 21620 m at 172°: Mantua; 173580 m at 114°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 170280 m at 70°: Port of Mariel (port); 94490 m at 224°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Cayo Babún: close by

1870 m at 339°: Cayo Rapado Grande (cay); 2190 m at 126°: Cayo Murias (cay); 4790 m at 229°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 9360 m at 67°: Cayo Escalón (cay); 10120 m at 45°: Cayo Diego (cay); 10230 m at 73°: Cayo Largo (cay); 11230 m at 67°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 11350 m at 49°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 13210 m at 227°: Cayo de Buenavista (cay); 13530 m at 225°: Cayo de Buenavista (island group).

Cayo Babún: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 guest houses & hostels.

14520 m at 176°: Marlén y Juanito (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Babún: marine life records

12 records of 9 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2022: 4 molluscs, 4 other, 1 corals, 1 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals. That is 3.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus, 3 (other); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Aplysia dactylomela, 1 (molluscs); Cassiopea xamachana, 1 (other); Physalia physalis, 1 (corals); Elysia crispata, 1 (molluscs); Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Charadrius vociferus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Babún: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

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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.

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