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Cayo Coco

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

Cayo Coco is a cay at 21°37′21″N 82°23′06″W in Isla de la Juventud province.

GPS 21.62248, -82.3849521°37′21″N 82°23′06″W

Cayo Coco: coast and water

7520 m at 296°: Pasa Benedicto (channel); 8970 m at 330°: Punta Arena (point); 14830 m at 307°: Pasa de Flores (channel); 18450 m at 275°: Punta Piedras (point); 21590 m at 247°: Punta Seboruco Alto (point); 22180 m at 298°: Pasa del Guayabo (channel); 22760 m at 283°: Punta Aguas Mulatas (point); 23080 m at 284°: Ensenada de San Juan (cove).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Coco
Cayo Coco, wider

Cayo Coco: islands

7750 m at 218°: Cayo Matiitas (island); 9020 m at 87°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 9820 m at 124°: Cayo Campos (island); 15320 m at 292°: Cayo Melones (island); 16550 m at 302°: Cayo Vivero (island); 16570 m at 295°: Cayo Costilla (island); 18460 m at 296°: Cayo Balandra (island); 23970 m at 105°: Cayo Avalito (island); 26500 m at 91°: Cayo Tablones (island); 30750 m at 310°: Cayo El Buche (island); 30880 m at 313°: Cayo Canal Ancha (island); 35660 m at 78°: Cayo Cajones (island).

Cayo Coco: inland

23530 m at 263°: Cerro de Punta del Este (locality); 23560 m at 255°: Carril del Indio (locality); 24750 m at 256°: Caridad del Cerro (locality); 25500 m at 266°: Cerro Caudal (hill); 25590 m at 269°: Hato Nuevo (locality); 29540 m at 284°: El Chalet (settlement).

Cayo Coco: distances

37640 m at 246°: Playa Larga; 40790 m at 290°: Santa Fe; 40990 m at 301°: Júcaro; 47480 m at 300°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 156630 m at 346°: Port of Mariel (port); 83940 m at 90°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Coco: close by

3990 m at 299°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 5130 m at 108°: Cayo Palma (cay); 6870 m at 167°: Cayo Hicacos (cay); 7750 m at 218°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 7930 m at 282°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 8500 m at 224°: Cayo Matías (cay); 9020 m at 87°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 9320 m at 326°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 9820 m at 124°: Cayo Campos (cay); 15310 m at 292°: Cayo Melones (cay); 16040 m at 284°: Cayo Guayabo (cay); 16550 m at 302°: Cayo Vivero (cay).

Cayo Coco: marine life records

2063 records of 124 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2017: 1088 fish, 838 corals, 121 sponges, 12 crustaceans, 3 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 656.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 134 (corals); Acropora palmata, 117 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 106 (fish); Scarus iseri, 105 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 85 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 79 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 79 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 66 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 64 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 55 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 54 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 53 (fish).

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

Cayo Coco: 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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