Cayo Blanco

Cayo Blanco: coast and water

690 m at 54°: Punta Cayo Blanco (point); 11460 m at 19°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon); 15190 m at 42°: Punta Las Navajas (point); 16480 m at 288°: Boca de Bandera (channel); 20400 m at 175°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 21790 m at 70°: Punta Perdiz (point); 22890 m at 49°: Cueva de Los Peces (cove); 23140 m at 47°: Punta Rosario (point).

Cayo Blanco: islands

4780 m at 80°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 7950 m at 78°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 11010 m at 44°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 12150 m at 29°: Cayo Mogote (island); 18380 m at 290°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 19440 m at 217°: Cayo Sigua (island); 19560 m at 182°: Cayo Blanco (island); 20630 m at 111°: Cayo Piedras (island); 21280 m at 308°: Cayo Cobo (island); 26780 m at 277°: Cayo Diego Pérez (island); 27880 m at 157°: Cayo Arenoso (island); 28190 m at 270°: Cayo Flamenco (island).

Cayo Blanco: inland

9190 m at 15°: La Salina (locality); 13870 m at 17°: Laguna los Caballos (lake); 21570 m at 64°: Punta Perdiz (settlement); 22540 m at 24°: Las Vacas (locality); 27720 m at 19°: Río Negro (locality); 27720 m at 19°: Manatí (locality).

Cayo Blanco: distances

16110 m at 38°: Playa Los Cocos; 28260 m at 82°: Playa Girón; 29470 m at 18°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 52390 m at 208°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 90080 m at 81°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 53920 m at 211°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 37240 m at 71°: Refugio de Faunas; 38400 m at 298°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo Blanco: close by

3680 m at 232°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 4780 m at 80°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 7900 m at 48°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 7950 m at 78°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 8590 m at 267°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 9820 m at 271°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 11010 m at 44°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 12140 m at 309°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 12140 m at 29°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 18370 m at 290°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 19440 m at 217°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 19560 m at 182°: Cayo Blanco (cay).

Cayo Blanco: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints.

9190 m at 15°: Las Salinas (attractions); 13140 m at 14°: Mirador #3 (attractions); 14670 m at 16°: Mirador #2 (attractions).

Cayo Blanco: marine life records

54 records of 27 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2024: 43 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 fish, 3 corals, 2 seagrass and algae, 1 molluscs, 1 echinoderms. That is 17.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Hydroprogne caspia, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Limnodromus griseus, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa semipalmata, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Labyrinthocyathus langae, 2 (corals); Himantopus mexicanus, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sternula antillarum, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 4, Jun 1, Sep 3.

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

Cayo Blanco: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.