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Cayo Caballones

Satellite view of Cayo Caballones, Cuba
Cayo Caballones (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Caballones is a cay at 20°53′15″N 79°02′48″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 20.88762, -79.0466620°53′15″N 79°02′48″W

Cayo Caballones: coast and water

13410 m at 135°: Punta Caballones (point); 19510 m at 306°: Laguna Boca Grande (lagoon); 21100 m at 34°: Canal de Cuervo (channel); 21440 m at 345°: Placer de Caballones (shoal); 22060 m at 310°: Punta de Hierro (point); 23300 m at 305°: Punta de Boca Grande (point); 25150 m at 51°: Bajo Manuel Gómez (shoal); 26940 m at 125°: Canal de Boca de Piedra Chica (channel); 34090 m at 54°: Canal de Algodones (channel); 34890 m at 125°: Punta Las Crucecitas (point); 39470 m at 329°: Canal Corrales (channel); 41420 m at 2°: Bajo Cabeza Blanca (shoal); 42090 m at 104°: Canal de la Lisa (channel); 42210 m at 342°: Cayo Piedra (reef); 43640 m at 49°: Canal de Orejón (channel); 43680 m at 338°: Canal de Cayo Piedra (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Caballones
Cayo Caballones, wider

Cayo Caballones: islands

4990 m at 310°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 14850 m at 49°: Cayo Cargado (island); 20310 m at 128°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 26360 m at 121°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (island); 29220 m at 51°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 30320 m at 120°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 30890 m at 78°: Cayo Bonito (island); 33040 m at 121°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 33080 m at 93°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 34030 m at 95°: Cayo Cucaracha (island); 35890 m at 333°: Cayo Niara (islet); 35940 m at 333°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (island); 36110 m at 334°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 39000 m at 104°: Cayo Antón (island); 39660 m at 114°: Cayo Vivero (island); 41290 m at 55°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island); 46360 m at 303°: Cayo Bretón (island); 46600 m at 124°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 50200 m at 122°: Cayo Bartolo (island); 54950 m at 119°: Cayos Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (island group); 55680 m at 335°: Cayo Burgao (island); 55880 m at 119°: Cayos Peralta (island group); 58210 m at 104°: Cayo Punta Macho (island); 59930 m at 24°: Cayo Arenas (island).

Cayo Caballones: distances

76230 m at 40°: Playa Santa María; 97820 m at 19°: Jagüeyal; 98080 m at 15°: Venezuela; 137670 m at 64°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 199310 m at 68°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 137360 m at 315°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 16900 m at 78°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Caballones: close by

4610 m at 134°: Cayo Mangle Alto (cay); 4990 m at 310°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 8010 m at 106°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 8010 m at 106°: Jardines de la Reina (reef); 8010 m at 106°: Jardines de la Reina (fishing); 9910 m at 309°: Cayo Grande (cay); 14840 m at 49°: Cayo Cargado (cay); 16190 m at 128°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 17820 m at 130°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 20310 m at 128°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 22300 m at 77°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 23460 m at 25°: Cayo Cuervo (cay).

Cayo Caballones: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Caballones: marine life records

2166 records of 191 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2026: 1241 fish, 852 corals, 21 echinoderms, 16 sharks and rays, 11 molluscs, 9 seabirds and shorebirds, 8 crustaceans, 4 other, 2 sponges, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 turtles. That is 689.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 188 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 169 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 98 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 86 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 80 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 71 (corals); Scarus iseri, 63 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 62 (fish); Porites astreoides, 62 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 60 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 56 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 55 (fish).

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

Cayo Caballones: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

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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.

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