Cayo Blanco

Cayo Blanco: coast and water

1720 m at 291°: Caleta las Tunalitas (bay); 3260 m at 77°: Punta Tiburcio (point); 3810 m at 76°: Ensenada Clemente (cove); 4010 m at 244°: Punta Hicacos (point); 5010 m at 259°: Ensenada de Mora (bay); 5580 m at 81°: Ensenada Piojo (cove); 6030 m at 258°: Punta Purgatorio (point); 6060 m at 89°: Portillito (point); 6130 m at 271°: Laguna Seca (lagoon); 8200 m at 238°: Punta Brava (point); 8270 m at 85°: Punta Farallones (point); 8770 m at 90°: Puerto Portillo (bay); 8770 m at 78°: Punta Medio (point); 9760 m at 344°: Vegas del Purial (estuary); 12540 m at 89°: Surgidero Mota (anchorage); 13330 m at 89°: Punta Mota (point).

Cayo Blanco: islands

910 m at 278°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 1800 m at 261°: Cayo Huevo (island); 4400 m at 272°: Cayo Purgatorio (island); 5610 m at 258°: Cayo Redondo (island).

Cayo Blanco: inland

2010 m at 341°: Corona (settlement); 2150 m at 23°: Loma Aguada (mountain); 3300 m at 69°: Punta de Piedra (settlement); 4140 m at 62°: María del Carmen (hill); 4660 m at 325°: Loma Purgatorio (mountain); 5000 m at 276°: Central Luis E. Carracedo (sugar mill); 6000 m at 269°: Río Purgatorio (stream); 6370 m at 254°: Ciudad Pesquera Pescadores de Pilón (settlement); 6660 m at 14°: La Jocuma (settlement); 6990 m at 19°: Ramón del Portillo (settlement); 7260 m at 46°: Arroyo Ranchoso de Portillo (stream); 7970 m at 19°: El Ramón (locality).

Cayo Blanco: distances

4880 m at 278°: Pilón; 32090 m at 328°: Media Luna; 35750 m at 298°: Niquero; 47540 m at 24°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 147040 m at 87°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 146260 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 25900 m at 266°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayo Blanco: close by

920 m at 278°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 1800 m at 261°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 4400 m at 272°: Cayo Purgatorio (cay); 5610 m at 258°: Cayo Redondo (cay).

Cayo Blanco: on and around

Within 15 km: 18 guest houses & hostels, 8 coral reefs, 7 schools, 6 places of worship, 6 government & embassies, 3 attractions, 3 urban parks & plazas, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 3 stores & supermarkets, 2 garages & car services.

3000 m at 320°: Mirador (attractions); 4570 m at 76°: Jardín de Cactus (urban parks & plazas); 4820 m at 274°: Embarcadero de Pilón (attractions); 5170 m at 279°: Casa Museo Celia Sánchez Manduley (museums); 5240 m at 283°: Complejo Sierra Maestra (stadiums & sport); 5340 m at 284°: Casa Lidia (guest houses & hostels); 5360 m at 282°: Hotel sol Caribe (guest houses & hostels); 5510 m at 278°: Cine (theatres & arts); 5510 m at 278°: Terminal de Ómnibus Pilón (stations & terminals); 5520 m at 278°: Parque Central de Pilón (urban parks & plazas); 5530 m at 279°: Casa Humberto (guest houses & hostels); 7580 m at 265°: Parque de Avestruces (attractions); 10740 m at 344°: Cinco Palmas (museums).

Cayo Blanco: marine life records

87 records of 80 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2018: 67 molluscs, 6 fish, 5 crustaceans, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 27.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Prunum guttatum, 2 (molluscs); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Codakia orbicularis, 2 (molluscs); Turbo castanea, 2 (molluscs); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pyramidellidae, 2 (molluscs); Laevicardium serratum, 1 (molluscs); Strongylura timucu, 1 (fish); Lucina pensylvanica, 1 (molluscs); Ctenoides scaber, 1 (molluscs); Turbonilla, 1 (molluscs).

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.