Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila

Cayo Cuerno

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

Cayo Cuerno is a cay at 22°17′09″N 77°58′36″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 22.28577, -77.9766922°17′09″N 77°58′36″W

Cayo Cuerno: coast and water

6520 m at 143°: Boca del Yorquin (channel); 9120 m at 55°: Punta Negro (point); 11340 m at 143°: Laguna La Corona del Guanal (lagoon); 11510 m at 83°: Punta Orta (point); 12810 m at 263°: Lagunato Las Canalejas (lagoon); 13900 m at 315°: Punta Cayo La Aguada (point); 15410 m at 256°: Punta Cubera (point); 15800 m at 111°: Punta La Quebrada (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Cuerno
Cayo Cuerno, wider

Cayo Cuerno: islands

2870 m at 303°: Archipiélago de Camagüey (island group); 5750 m at 93°: Cayo La Pasa (island); 6050 m at 330°: Cayo Caimán (island); 7070 m at 353°: Cayo Mégano Chico (island); 8850 m at 109°: Cayo Caobal (island); 9110 m at 99°: Cayo El Coco (island); 9640 m at 310°: Cayo Cobo (island); 14620 m at 142°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 16520 m at 132°: Cayo Judío (island); 17080 m at 320°: Cayo Vaca (island); 17100 m at 108°: Cayo Cruz (island); 21050 m at 131°: Cayo Alegre (island).

Cayo Cuerno: inland

16830 m at 108°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 25250 m at 282°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 25790 m at 204°: Caonao (stream); 27810 m at 199°: Charco de los Algodones (pond); 29400 m at 318°: Paredon Grande (airfield); 29710 m at 213°: Loma de Santa María (hill).

Cayo Cuerno: distances

26200 m at 218°: Playa la Mula; 28480 m at 149°: Cayo Romano; 28670 m at 192°: Playa Guaney; 41080 m at 298°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 110270 m at 138°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 78180 m at 295°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Cuerno: close by

2330 m at 82°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 2870 m at 303°: Archipiélago de Camagüey (island group); 3540 m at 75°: Cayo Corrales (cay); 3920 m at 130°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 4860 m at 41°: Cayo Norte (cay); 5550 m at 86°: Cayo Boca del Atravesado (cay); 5750 m at 93°: Cayo La Pasa (cay); 6050 m at 330°: Cayo Caimán (cay); 6500 m at 63°: Cayo Guanal (cay); 6640 m at 86°: Cayo del Gallego (cay); 7070 m at 353°: Cayo Mégano Chico (cay); 7640 m at 120°: Cayo Kiko (cay).

Cayo Cuerno: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs.

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Cayo Cuerno: marine life records

64 records of 29 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2023: 62 fish, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 20.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 6 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 5 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 5 (fish); Scarus vetula, 5 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 4 (fish); Scarus iseri, 3 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 3 (fish); Cantherhines pullus, 2 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 2 (fish); Scarus guacamaia, 1 (fish); Lutjanus jocu, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Cuerno: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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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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