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Cayo Dios

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

Cayo Dios is a cay at 22°52′00″N 83°31′10″W in Pinar del Río province.

GPS 22.86674, -83.5193722°52′00″N 83°31′10″W

Cayo Dios: coast and water

1430 m at 270°: Pasa Cayetano (channel); 1880 m at 172°: Estero Puercos (inlet); 3120 m at 245°: Punta Gorda (point); 3650 m at 239°: Ensenada Montañeses (bay); 6110 m at 233°: Punta Blanco (point); 6110 m at 233°: Estero Río Blanco (cove); 8270 m at 27°: Pasa Alacranes (channel); 10130 m at 78°: Ensenada del Real (cove).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Dios
Cayo Dios, wider

Cayo Dios: islands

1930 m at 337°: Cayo Levisa (island); 7290 m at 57°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 10420 m at 58°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 10970 m at 54°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 11590 m at 67°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 12370 m at 81°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 13430 m at 66°: Cayo Ratón (island); 14500 m at 256°: Cayo Arenas (island).

Cayo Dios: inland

1890 m at 338°: Villa Cubanacan Cayo Levisa (hotel); 3730 m at 176°: Dolores (locality); 4140 m at 117°: Río Camito (stream); 5580 m at 135°: Media (hamlet); 6350 m at 180°: Bayado (hamlet); 6390 m at 209°: Lote Cuatro (locality).

Cayo Dios: distances

2720 m at 133°: Playa de Surines; 5400 m at 90°: Playa de Palma Rubia; 10680 m at 80°: Playa Real; 114510 m at 83°: José Martí International Airport ; 79970 m at 80°: Port of Mariel (port); 107040 m at 76°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 19260 m at 142°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Dios: close by

1850 m at 345°: Club de Buceo (reef); 1930 m at 338°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 7290 m at 57°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 10420 m at 58°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 10970 m at 54°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 11590 m at 67°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 12370 m at 81°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 13430 m at 66°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 14510 m at 256°: Cayo Arenas (cay); 15150 m at 251°: Cayo Verracos (island group); 16570 m at 249°: Cayo Las Uvas (cay); 16600 m at 70°: Cayo Blanco (cay).

Cayo Dios: on and around

Within 15 km: 11 guest houses & hostels, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 schools, 3 stations & terminals, 2 post offices, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 cuban cuisine & lechón, 2 banks & exchange, 1 universities & colleges, 1 coral reefs.

1770 m at 345°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 5480 m at 100°: finca del Horizonte (guest houses & hostels); 5520 m at 95°: Casa Juan y Silvia (guest houses & hostels); 5610 m at 95°: Villa Mario y Antonia (guest houses & hostels); 8040 m at 142°: Meseta de Cajálbana (peaks & volcanoes); 9260 m at 161°: Sierra Peluda (peaks & volcanoes); 12780 m at 155°: Mogote El Chino (peaks & volcanoes); 13540 m at 193°: Estadio de beisbol (stadiums & sport); 13580 m at 195°: Paladar del Chino (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13600 m at 194°: Terminal de ómnibus municipal (stations & terminals); 13710 m at 195°: Cine Martí (theatres & arts); 14650 m at 186°: La Ciguaraya (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14840 m at 207°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cayo Dios: marine life records

56 records of 32 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2020: 11 seagrass and algae, 11 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 crustaceans, 6 sponges, 6 corals, 5 fish, 4 echinoderms, 2 molluscs, 1 other, 1 marine mammals. That is 17.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 8 (crustaceans); Cocos nucifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Oreaster reticulatus, 4 (echinoderms); Calidris alba, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 3 (seagrass and algae); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Lutjanus apodus, 2 (fish); Tylosurus crocodilus, 2 (fish); Pluvialis squatarola, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physalia physalis, 2 (corals); Discodermia, 1 (sponges).

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

Cayo Dios: 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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