Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila

Cayo Estilla

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

Cayo Estilla is a cay at 22°21′24″N 78°43′07″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 22.35659, -78.7186222°21′24″N 78°43′07″W

Cayo Estilla: coast and water

3450 m at 47°: Laguna de Jiguaní (lagoon); 3500 m at 32°: Punta Jiguaní (point); 4120 m at 87°: Boca de la Caldera (channel); 6060 m at 258°: Canal Esterón (channel); 7500 m at 107°: Laguna El Coy (lagoon); 9200 m at 291°: Punta Salina (point); 13800 m at 113°: Laguna del Cerrillo (lagoon); 15600 m at 54°: Pasa Sabandija (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Estilla
Cayo Estilla, wider

Cayo Estilla: islands

870 m at 4°: Cayo Palomo (islet); 3090 m at 334°: Cayo Vaca (island); 4930 m at 307°: Cayo Ladrones (island); 14240 m at 133°: Isla de Turiguano (island); 16030 m at 47°: Cayo Botella (island); 18010 m at 2°: Cayo Jutía (island); 21490 m at 343°: Cayo La Cáscara (island); 21590 m at 355°: Cayo de Piedra (island); 21630 m at 355°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 22480 m at 347°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 22550 m at 357°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (island); 22670 m at 34°: Cayo Toro (island).

Cayo Estilla: inland

5000 m at 262°: Melilla (locality); 5640 m at 293°: El Pino (locality); 9410 m at 152°: Laguna la Glorieta (pond); 10090 m at 285°: Punta Alegre (settlement); 10630 m at 284°: Pueblo Punta Alegre (settlement); 12020 m at 154°: Laguna de los Cabezos (pond).

Cayo Estilla: distances

9420 m at 237°: Kilo 9; 20800 m at 235°: El Asiento; 24550 m at 251°: Arroyo de Agua; 41760 m at 74°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 175140 m at 121°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 25990 m at 12°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 24990 m at 56°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Estilla: close by

330 m at 187°: Cayo Caimitos (cay); 870 m at 4°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 2190 m at 173°: Cayo El Toro (cay); 2450 m at 341°: Cayo Yana (cay); 3100 m at 334°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 3940 m at 187°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 3940 m at 200°: Cayo Haití (cay); 4350 m at 176°: Cayo Mujeres (cay); 4930 m at 308°: Cayo Ladrones (cay); 9710 m at 287°: Base de Pesca Particular (fishing); 13630 m at 39°: Cayo La Manuy (cay); 14240 m at 133°: Isla de Turiguano (cay).

Cayo Estilla: 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.

5550 m at 289°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites); 7210 m at 296°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 8910 m at 284°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 10840 m at 284°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Estilla: marine life records

54 records of 35 species within 10 km, 2015 to 2025: 35 fish, 11 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 sponges. That is 17.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Benthocometes robustus, 4 (fish); Zalieutes mcgintyi, 4 (fish); Malthopsis gnoma, 3 (fish); Benthobatis marcida, 3 (sharks and rays); Saurida caribbaea, 2 (fish); Verilus pseudomicrolepis, 2 (fish); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Peristedion, 2 (fish); Johnsonina eriomma, 2 (fish); Bathycongrus thysanochilus, 1 (fish); Neoepinnula orientalis, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Estilla: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

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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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