Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Bonito
Cayo Bonito is a cay at 20°56′35″N 78°45′19″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Bonito: coast and water
8360 m at 258°: Mégano de Bergantines (shoal); 8660 m at 29°: Bajo Mosquito (shoal); 15690 m at 319°: Canal del Mégano (channel); 21900 m at 203°: Punta de Pilotos (point); 22360 m at 204°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 22460 m at 7°: Canal de Orejón (channel); 23390 m at 225°: Laguna Las Anclitas (lagoon); 26000 m at 233°: Punta Caballones (point).
Cayo Bonito: islands
12000 m at 353°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 17580 m at 155°: Cayo Antón (island); 19420 m at 281°: Cayo Cargado (island); 20900 m at 152°: Cayo Gordo (island); 21890 m at 191°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 22900 m at 165°: Cayo Vivero (island); 23360 m at 195°: Cayo Piedra Grande (island); 23420 m at 185°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 23730 m at 227°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 24080 m at 250°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 28510 m at 251°: Cayo Mangle Alto (island); 29340 m at 179°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group).
Cayo Bonito: inland
37680 m at 71°: Garrapata (locality); 38950 m at 43°: Caney de José Antonio (locality); 40640 m at 60°: Ojo de Agua (locality); 41490 m at 43°: Caney de la Barrigona (locality); 41570 m at 76°: San Nicolás (locality); 42050 m at 65°: Las Marías (locality).
Cayo Bonito: distances
55240 m at 20°: Playa Santa María; 71400 m at 59°: La Clarita; 71900 m at 61°: Vertientes; 107970 m at 60°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 169020 m at 66°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 156680 m at 305°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 13990 m at 259°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayo Bonito: close by
5440 m at 56°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 7980 m at 293°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 8090 m at 292°: Cayos Bergantines (cay); 8370 m at 161°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (cay); 8610 m at 262°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 9730 m at 158°: Cayo Cucaracha (cay); 12000 m at 353°: Cayo Algodoncito (cay); 14370 m at 328°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 16950 m at 181°: Cayo Largo (cay); 17580 m at 155°: Cayo Antón (cay); 17800 m at 12°: Cayo Algodón Grande (cay); 18550 m at 133°: Cayo Chocolate (cay).
Cayo Bonito: on and around
Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 1 parks & reserves.
13990 m at 259°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina (parks & reserves).
Cayo Bonito: marine life records
38 records of 23 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2026: 22 molluscs, 7 fish, 3 sharks and rays, 3 turtles, 1 other, 1 crustaceans, 1 corals. That is 12.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Nerita versicolor, 6 (molluscs); Nerita peloronta, 5 (molluscs); Acanthopleura granulata, 3 (molluscs); Epinephelus itajara, 2 (fish); Eretmochelys imbricata, 2 (turtles); Mycteroperca bonaci, 2 (fish); Puperita pupa, 2 (molluscs); Epinephelus striatus, 1 (fish); Lutjanus cyanopterus, 1 (fish); Hypanus americanus, 1 (sharks and rays); Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Crocodylus acutus, 1 (other).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Bonito: 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.