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Cayo Cobo

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

Cayo Cobo is a cay at 22°08′59″N 81°28′00″W in Mayabeque province.

GPS 22.15000, -81.4666722°09′00″N 81°28′00″W

Cayo Cobo: coast and water

8020 m at 262°: Ensenada de Cazones (bay); 9420 m at 169°: Punta de Piedra (point); 9510 m at 291°: Estero la Vaca (cove); 11420 m at 161°: Punta de Espeque (point); 19050 m at 219°: Canal Diego Pérez (channel); 20710 m at 138°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 28630 m at 104°: Punta Migote del Padre (point); 30170 m at 62°: Caleta Ventura (cove).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Cobo
Cayo Cobo, wider

Cayo Cobo: islands

1860 m at 180°: Cayo Cancamán (island); 17510 m at 221°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 21280 m at 128°: Cayo Blanco (island); 22620 m at 242°: Cayo Bonito (island); 22730 m at 97°: Cayo Mogote (island); 29000 m at 234°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 29270 m at 170°: Cayo Sigua (island); 31320 m at 264°: Cayo Los Panes (island); 36680 m at 263°: Cayo Cacao (island); 41430 m at 120°: Cayo Piedras (island); 44820 m at 267°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (island); 55410 m at 278°: Cayos Gordas (island group).

Cayo Cobo: inland

19300 m at 56°: Lobato (locality); 19580 m at 103°: La Salina (locality); 25180 m at 359°: Las Mercedes (locality); 25370 m at 286°: Liborio Alvira (locality); 26040 m at 14°: El Rancho (locality); 26450 m at 349°: Casa Nueva (locality).

Cayo Cobo: distances

26640 m at 91°: Playa Los Cocos; 29700 m at 60°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 31450 m at 62°: Playa Larga; 59880 m at 188°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 100640 m at 354°: Port of Matanzas (port); 60490 m at 190°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 17880 m at 286°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo Cobo: close by

1850 m at 180°: Cayo Cancamán (cay); 6610 m at 254°: Banco de Cazones (reef); 6970 m at 185°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 9140 m at 128°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 13920 m at 225°: Cayo Diego Pérez (cay); 14680 m at 152°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 14950 m at 268°: Cayo del Masío (cay); 15960 m at 149°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 16190 m at 259°: Cayo del Macío (cay); 17510 m at 221°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 20710 m at 138°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 21030 m at 258°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group).

Cayo Cobo: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs, 1 historic & heritage, 1 camp sites.

9580 m at 171°: Ernst-Thälmann-Büste (historic & heritage); 14800 m at 50°: Guamutales (camp sites).

Cayo Cobo: marine life records

1301 records of 76 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2020: 683 corals, 607 fish, 7 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 marine mammals, 1 crustaceans. That is 414.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 121 (corals); Acropora palmata, 84 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 80 (corals); Scarus iseri, 76 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 68 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 64 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 62 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 60 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 53 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 48 (fish); Porites astreoides, 47 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 45 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Apr 6.

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

Cayo Cobo: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

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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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