Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila

Cayo Cobo

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

Cayo Cobo is a cay at 22°20′30″N 78°02′54″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 22.34169, -78.0482922°20′30″N 78°02′54″W

Cayo Cobo: coast and water

4380 m at 326°: Punta Cayo La Aguada (point); 12110 m at 82°: Punta Oeste del Mégano (point); 13240 m at 89°: Punta del Partido del Mégano (point); 14000 m at 91°: Canalizo del Partido del Mégano (channel); 14890 m at 94°: Punta Negro (point); 16060 m at 135°: Boca del Yorquin (channel); 19190 m at 87°: Tributarios de Minerva (reef); 21170 m at 101°: Punta del Alto del Puerto (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Cobo
Cayo Cobo, wider

Cayo Cobo: islands

7780 m at 333°: Cayo Vaca (island); 10840 m at 104°: Cayo Norte (island); 13550 m at 104°: Cayo Guanal (island); 14620 m at 116°: Cayo La Pasa (island); 15300 m at 320°: Cayo Elías (islet); 15990 m at 110°: Cayo Jaco (island); 17980 m at 105°: Cayo del Ahogado (island); 18170 m at 120°: Cayo Caobal (island); 18760 m at 327°: Cayo Sigua (islet); 19360 m at 309°: Cayo Los Santos (islet); 19460 m at 322°: Cayo Paredón Grande (island); 21520 m at 130°: Cayo Ajisito (island).

Cayo Cobo: inland

17350 m at 267°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 19900 m at 322°: Paredon Grande (airfield); 23640 m at 130°: Alto del Ají (hill); 25810 m at 116°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 29930 m at 186°: Caonao (stream); 29990 m at 219°: Embarcadero Jigüey (settlement).

Cayo Cobo: distances

28260 m at 198°: Playa la Mula; 34330 m at 177°: Playa Guaney; 37750 m at 144°: Cayo Romano; 31710 m at 295°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 119830 m at 137°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 68910 m at 293°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Cobo: close by

4060 m at 354°: Cayo Antón Chico (cay); 4420 m at 103°: Cayo Caimán (cay); 6570 m at 83°: Cayo Mégano Chico (cay); 6790 m at 133°: Archipiélago de Camagüey (island group); 7790 m at 333°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 9610 m at 335°: Cayo Antón Grande (cay); 9640 m at 130°: Cayo Cuerno (cay); 10850 m at 104°: Cayo Norte (cay); 11320 m at 121°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 12030 m at 116°: Cayo Corrales (cay); 12670 m at 319°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 13140 m at 197°: Cayo Iguana (cay).

Cayo Cobo: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.

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Cayo Cobo: marine life records

144 records of 45 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2023: 75 fish, 56 corals, 13 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 45.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pseudodiploria clivosa, 14 (corals); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish); Millepora complanata, 8 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 7 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 6 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 6 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 5 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 4 (fish); Acropora palmata, 4 (corals); Porites porites, 4 (corals).

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

Cayo Cobo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

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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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