Cays & islands · Cienfuegos
Cayo Blanco
Cayo Blanco is a cay at 21°51′19″N 81°18′37″W in Cienfuegos province.
Cayo Blanco: coast and water
12970 m at 293°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 18000 m at 197°: Punta del Este (point); 19720 m at 205°: Punta Iguanita (point); 23820 m at 25°: Punta Palmillas (point); 25270 m at 208°: Playa Los Palos (beach); 27570 m at 329°: Punta de Piedra (point); 29500 m at 212°: Playa Los Coquitos (beach); 30670 m at 8°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon).
Cayo Blanco: islands
12930 m at 118°: Cayo Arenoso (island); 19560 m at 2°: Cayo Blanco (island); 22760 m at 22°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 25630 m at 15°: Cayo Borracho (island); 26500 m at 170°: Cayo Inglés (island); 27300 m at 212°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 28120 m at 147°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 28670 m at 17°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 42280 m at 302°: Cayo Bonito (island); 45780 m at 228°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 46390 m at 308°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group); 47760 m at 237°: Cayos Peraza (island group).
Cayo Blanco: inland
28570 m at 6°: La Salina (locality); 33830 m at 215°: Gran Caribe Playa Blanca (hotel); 35060 m at 216°: Cocodrilo (settlement); 35120 m at 35°: Punta Perdiz (settlement); 35440 m at 222°: Barcelo cayo largo (hotel); 35610 m at 222°: villa soledad (hotel).
Cayo Blanco: distances
33890 m at 18°: Playa Los Cocos; 34970 m at 218°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 36990 m at 50°: Playa Girón; 36030 m at 223°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 95510 m at 70°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 38090 m at 225°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).
Cayo Blanco: close by
1210 m at 119°: Médano Vizcaíno (reef); 2580 m at 107°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 11720 m at 290°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 12930 m at 118°: Cayo Arenoso (cay); 17450 m at 352°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 19560 m at 2°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 20640 m at 337°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 21080 m at 14°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 21850 m at 335°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 22760 m at 22°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 23260 m at 58°: Cayo Piedras (cay).
Cayo Blanco: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.
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Cayo Blanco: marine life records
1195 records of 76 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 628 fish, 567 corals. That is 380.4 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 107 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 76 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 66 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 51 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 48 (corals); Scarus iseri, 46 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 46 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 45 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 42 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 39 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 38 (fish); Porites astreoides, 37 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Blanco: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
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.