Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Balandras
Cayo Balandras is a cay at 21°27′11″N 78°47′08″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Balandras: coast and water
2060 m at 299°: Canal Balanadras (channel); 3810 m at 208°: Bajo Mégano Blanco (shoal); 6890 m at 9°: Pasa de los Motores (channel); 8860 m at 8°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 9880 m at 10°: Pasa Campito (channel); 14910 m at 267°: Bajo Hondo (shoal); 15740 m at 46°: Ensenada Boca Grande (cove); 17560 m at 69°: Estero de Santa Ana (estuary).
Cayo Balandras: islands
3630 m at 91°: Cayo Caoba (island); 4690 m at 150°: Cayo Punta de los Machos (island); 4830 m at 298°: Cayo Guásimas (island); 6000 m at 328°: Cayo Los Dos Hermanos (island group); 7370 m at 316°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 7410 m at 8°: Cayo Pilón (island); 7410 m at 204°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 7560 m at 332°: Cayos Ana María (islet); 12090 m at 311°: Cayo Guinea (island); 12930 m at 329°: Cayo Encantado (island); 14690 m at 317°: Cayo Obispo (island); 15160 m at 27°: Cayo La Salina (island).
Cayo Balandras: inland
20800 m at 58°: Cieguito (stream); 21570 m at 76°: Río la Soledad (stream); 22500 m at 337°: Las Palmas (locality); 22600 m at 93°: Terrenos del Estado (locality); 22770 m at 3°: Dos Amigos (locality); 22900 m at 82°: Ciego Moreno (locality).
Cayo Balandras: distances
23000 m at 102°: Playa Santa María; 29910 m at 10°: Jagüeyal; 30420 m at 33°: Baraguá; 97110 m at 92°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 158200 m at 86°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 126480 m at 6°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Cayo Balandras: close by
1410 m at 74°: Cayo Lastre (cay); 2180 m at 49°: Cayo Ripiado (cay); 3350 m at 133°: Cayo Tío Joaquín (cay); 3530 m at 39°: Cayo Providencia (cay); 3630 m at 91°: Cayo Caoba (cay); 4700 m at 150°: Cayo Punta de los Machos (cay); 4720 m at 23°: Cayo La Gloria (cay); 4830 m at 298°: Cayo Guásimas (cay); 6000 m at 328°: Cayo Los Dos Hermanos (island group); 6660 m at 310°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 6740 m at 181°: Cayo La Cana (cay); 6940 m at 196°: Cayo la Loma (cay).
Cayo Balandras: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.
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Cayo Balandras: marine life records
5 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2008: 2 molluscs, 1 sponges, 1 fish, 1 marine mammals. That is 1.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Argopecten, 1 (molluscs); Echinoclathria arcifera, 1 (sponges); Argopecten nucleus, 1 (molluscs); Hippocampus reidi, 1 (fish); Megaptera novaeangliae, 1 (marine mammals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Balandras: notes
Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.
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.