Cayo El Toro

Cayo El Toro: coast and water

3050 m at 296°: Ensenada de Buena Vista (bay); 3140 m at 223°: Punta Chicola (point); 3780 m at 180°: Punta del Mosquito (point); 5050 m at 26°: Laguna de Jiguaní (lagoon); 5370 m at 17°: Punta Jiguaní (point); 6280 m at 278°: Canal Esterón (channel); 6880 m at 90°: Laguna El Coy (lagoon); 12830 m at 105°: Laguna del Cerrillo (lagoon).

Cayo El Toro: islands

1860 m at 350°: Cayo Caimitos (island); 2190 m at 353°: Cayo Estilla (island); 5210 m at 341°: Cayo Vaca (island); 18900 m at 353°: Cayo Cubera (island); 20820 m at 339°: Cayo Piso (island); 22440 m at 331°: Cayo Candela (island); 22660 m at 356°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 23810 m at 355°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 24350 m at 6°: Cayo Güincho (island); 24660 m at 347°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 24880 m at 26°: Cayo Agua (islet); 25490 m at 348°: Cayo Jején (island).

Cayo El Toro: inland

4540 m at 160°: Laguna del Navío (pond); 6140 m at 154°: Laguna La Fangosa (pond); 7710 m at 270°: El Estero (locality); 8220 m at 285°: Pozo Dulce (hamlet); 8560 m at 308°: Máximo Gómez (settlement); 9850 m at 243°: Pérez Dos (locality).

Cayo El Toro: distances

8720 m at 251°: Kilo 9; 19890 m at 241°: El Asiento; 23220 m at 167°: Las Charcas; 42150 m at 71°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 173800 m at 120°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 28060 m at 11°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 26060 m at 51°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo El Toro: close by

1870 m at 350°: Cayo Caimitos (cay); 1900 m at 204°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 2170 m at 179°: Cayo Mujeres (cay); 2190 m at 353°: Cayo Estilla (cay); 2240 m at 227°: Cayo Haití (cay); 3040 m at 356°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 4610 m at 347°: Cayo Yana (cay); 5210 m at 341°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 6660 m at 321°: Cayo Ladrones (cay); 10810 m at 298°: Base de Pesca Particular (fishing); 12630 m at 127°: Isla de Turiguano (cay); 13370 m at 159°: Cayo Pájaro (cay).

Cayo El Toro: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 4 schools, 4 salt works, 3 factories & works, 2 mines & quarries, 1 camp sites, 1 hospitals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 fuel stations, 1 markets & malls.

6820 m at 306°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites); 8620 m at 308°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 9910 m at 296°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11830 m at 294°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo El Toro: marine life records

12 records of 9 species within 10 km, 2019 to 2025: 9 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 fish, 1 corals, 1 sponges. That is 3.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Larus delawarensis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Lutjanus synagris, 1 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physalia physalis, 1 (corals); Triptolemma intextum, 1 (sponges).

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

Cayo El Toro: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.