Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto is a cay at 20°45′56″N 78°49′46″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto: coast and water
920 m at 242°: Punta de Pilotos (point); 9420 m at 290°: Laguna Las Anclitas (lagoon); 18070 m at 358°: Mégano de Bergantines (shoal); 20130 m at 104°: Pasa Felipe (channel); 22130 m at 350°: Canal de Bergantines (channel); 26470 m at 298°: Estero Las Auras (estuary); 28730 m at 299°: Punta Fraile (point); 29450 m at 354°: Bajo Manuel Gómez (shoal).
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto: islands
2260 m at 275°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 3980 m at 116°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 13940 m at 100°: Cayo Vivero (island); 15800 m at 41°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 16830 m at 133°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 16850 m at 106°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 17640 m at 86°: Cayo Gordo (island); 18740 m at 307°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 22480 m at 108°: Cayo Las Cruces (island); 22970 m at 126°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group); 24100 m at 122°: Cayo Carabinero (island); 25020 m at 102°: Cayo Tarantín (island).
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto: inland
53910 m at 53°: Garrapata (locality); 54330 m at 50°: Santa Gertrudis (locality); 55580 m at 60°: Batista (locality); 56100 m at 56°: San Ramón (locality); 56530 m at 58°: San Nicolás (locality); 56560 m at 64°: San Miguel (locality).
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto: distances
76430 m at 21°: Playa Santa María; 86590 m at 94°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 89070 m at 94°: Playa Bonita; 125130 m at 54°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 184640 m at 62°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 163090 m at 312°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 18070 m at 340°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto: close by
2260 m at 275°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 3150 m at 152°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 3980 m at 116°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 6610 m at 280°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 6690 m at 122°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 8000 m at 69°: Cayo Largo (cay); 9240 m at 283°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 10440 m at 291°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 12660 m at 139°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 13830 m at 99°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 13930 m at 100°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 15600 m at 47°: Cayo Cucaracha (cay).
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto: marine life records
1564 records of 247 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2026: 947 fish, 470 corals, 33 crustaceans, 32 molluscs, 29 sharks and rays, 22 echinoderms, 11 sponges, 11 other, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 seagrass and algae, 1 turtles. That is 497.8 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 79 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 60 (fish); Acropora palmata, 59 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 57 (fish); Scarus iseri, 47 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 46 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 45 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 42 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 40 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 38 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 37 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 34 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto: notes
A cay can lie inside a protected area.
Getting to Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 13 km away.
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.