Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Candela
Cayo Candela is a cay at 22°30′47″N 78°49′21″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Candela: coast and water
4200 m at 122°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel); 5870 m at 8°: Canalizo El Meganito (channel); 6130 m at 243°: Canalizo Patabán (channel); 11490 m at 83°: Lagunato de Mortero (lagoon); 14030 m at 197°: Ensenada Mamón (cove); 14650 m at 76°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 16200 m at 47°: Punta El Morro (point); 16740 m at 278°: Pasa del Manatí (channel).
Cayo Candela: islands
770 m at 106°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 3410 m at 93°: Cayo Piso (island); 5450 m at 54°: Cayo La Cáscara (island); 7080 m at 51°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 11210 m at 87°: Cayo Jutía (island); 14330 m at 37°: Cayos Hijos de Guillermo (island group); 14720 m at 53°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 15910 m at 155°: Cayo Ladrones (island); 16210 m at 0°: Cayo Caimancito (island); 17340 m at 148°: Cayo Vaca (island); 17590 m at 301°: Cayo Punta de Piedra (island); 17830 m at 292°: Cayo Vinagre (island).
Cayo Candela: inland
15080 m at 189°: Mario Martínez (locality); 15130 m at 190°: Loma de Aja (hill); 15830 m at 182°: Lomas de Yeso (hills); 16170 m at 160°: El Pino (locality); 17550 m at 202°: Rivero Dos (settlement); 17690 m at 195°: El Recreo (locality).
Cayo Candela: distances
22650 m at 173°: Kilo 9; 28400 m at 206°: Arroyo de Agua; 28400 m at 206°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 51100 m at 96°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 171190 m at 257°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 18050 m at 64°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 21610 m at 318°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 31460 m at 96°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 36010 m at 251°: Parque Nacional Caguanes.
Cayo Candela: close by
770 m at 106°: Cayo Los Pargos (cay); 2620 m at 290°: Cayo Partido (cay); 2970 m at 182°: Cayería La Baliza (island group); 3410 m at 93°: Cayo Piso (cay); 3580 m at 358°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 3690 m at 356°: Cayo Los Anegadizos (cay); 4800 m at 294°: Cayo Gordo de Patabán (cay); 4880 m at 295°: Cayo Gordo (cay); 5440 m at 54°: Cayo La Cáscara (cay); 6720 m at 23°: Cayo Flores (cay); 7080 m at 51°: Cayo Contrabando (cay); 7560 m at 75°: Cayo El Sapo (cay).
Cayo Candela: on and around
Within 15 km: 6 stores & supermarkets, 4 salt works, 4 schools, 2 factories & works, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 banks & exchange, 1 fuel stations, 1 theatres & arts, 1 places of worship, 1 markets & malls.
14710 m at 179°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas); 14820 m at 163°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts).
Cayo Candela: marine life records
50 records of 32 species within 10 km, 2006 to 2024: 38 fish, 6 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays. That is 15.9 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Benthocometes robustus, 4 (fish); Zalieutes mcgintyi, 4 (fish); Malthopsis gnoma, 3 (fish); Benthobatis marcida, 3 (sharks and rays); Saurida caribbaea, 2 (fish); Verilus pseudomicrolepis, 2 (fish); Peristedion, 2 (fish); Johnsonina eriomma, 2 (fish); Bathycongrus thysanochilus, 1 (fish); Tringa melanoleuca, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Neoepinnula orientalis, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Candela: notes
A cay can lie inside a protected area.
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.