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Cayo Cuervo

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

Cayo Cuervo is a cay at 21°04′42″N 78°57′00″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 21.07834, -78.9500821°04′42″N 78°57′00″W

Cayo Cuervo: coast and water

4210 m at 154°: Canal de Cuervo (channel); 10360 m at 108°: Canal del Mégano (channel); 15680 m at 146°: Canal de Bergantines (channel); 17550 m at 94°: Canal de Algodones (channel); 17620 m at 340°: Bajo Nordeste Paloma (shoal); 20600 m at 144°: Mégano de Bergantines (shoal); 24390 m at 211°: Punta Fraile (point); 25360 m at 235°: Punta Seboruco de la Piedra (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Cuervo
Cayo Cuervo, wider

Cayo Cuervo: islands

12960 m at 102°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 16190 m at 323°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 22680 m at 218°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 23960 m at 84°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island); 28150 m at 294°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 33890 m at 135°: Cayo Cucaracha (island); 34140 m at 170°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 36480 m at 23°: Cayo Arenas (island); 37730 m at 148°: Cayo Largo (island); 39270 m at 273°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 39930 m at 267°: Cayo Casimba (islet); 39930 m at 156°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island).

Cayo Cuervo: inland

48540 m at 94°: Las Casimbas (locality); 50420 m at 68°: Río Altamira (stream); 50790 m at 72°: Caney de la Barrigona (locality); 52960 m at 55°: Río Muñoz (stream); 53360 m at 51°: Mosquito (stream); 54190 m at 70°: Judas (stream).

Cayo Cuervo: distances

53950 m at 47°: Playa Santa María; 74530 m at 17°: Jagüeyal; 75070 m at 12°: Venezuela; 120360 m at 71°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 182760 m at 73°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 131490 m at 305°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 18900 m at 160°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Cuervo: close by

11500 m at 174°: Cayo Cargado (cay); 12970 m at 102°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 16190 m at 323°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 17470 m at 133°: Cayos Bergantines (cay); 17550 m at 133°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 18960 m at 99°: Cayo Algodoncito (cay); 20020 m at 144°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 22680 m at 218°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 23170 m at 230°: Cayo Grande (cay); 23460 m at 205°: Cayo Caballones (cay); 23530 m at 186°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 23530 m at 186°: Jardines de la Reina (reef).

Cayo Cuervo: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Cayo Cuervo: marine life records

56 records of 51 species within 10 km, 2018 to 2025: 45 fish, 3 sharks and rays, 2 molluscs, 2 other, 1 corals, 1 turtles, 1 crustaceans, 1 echinoderms. That is 17.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Scomberomorus regalis, 2 (fish); Hypoplectrus indigo, 2 (fish); Crocodylus acutus, 2 (other); Ophioblennius macclurei, 2 (fish); Stegastes adustus, 2 (fish); Bodianus parrae, 1 (fish); Octopus briareus, 1 (molluscs); Hypoplectrus puella, 1 (fish); Malacoctenus triangulatus, 1 (fish); Phymanthus crucifer, 1 (corals); Carcharhinus perezii, 1 (sharks and rays); Elacatinus louisae, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Cuervo: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

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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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