Cays & islands · Granma
Cayo Grande
Cayo Grande is a cay at 20°22′40″N 77°09′51″W in Granma province.
Cayo Grande: coast and water
4860 m at 245°: Caleta Honda (cove); 4990 m at 83°: Ensenada Boquetes (bay); 5160 m at 163°: Punta Caimanera (point); 5190 m at 105°: Punta Yara (point); 7840 m at 247°: Punta Socorro (point); 11040 m at 79°: Laguna Jutía (lagoon); 12990 m at 40°: Bahía Diego (cove); 14460 m at 20°: Punta Monte Gordo (point).
Cayo Grande: islands
1260 m at 173°: Cayo Carenero (islet); 1420 m at 178°: Cayo Sabana (island); 1920 m at 130°: Cayita (island); 3570 m at 254°: Cayos de Manzanillo (island group); 3930 m at 252°: Cayo Largo (island); 4850 m at 230°: Cayo Laguna (island); 7480 m at 251°: Cayo Jorobado (island); 8520 m at 255°: Cayo Perla (island); 11270 m at 230°: Cayo de Gua (island); 13050 m at 229°: Cayo Blanco (island).
Cayo Grande: inland
5250 m at 104°: Río Yara (stream); 5830 m at 122°: El Manglar (locality); 5830 m at 122°: Manzanillo (airfield); 6950 m at 168°: Los Carretones (locality); 7000 m at 135°: Santa Isabel (hamlet); 7520 m at 155°: Gertrudis (hamlet).
Cayo Grande: distances
7180 m at 126°: Manzanillo; 20050 m at 217°: Campechuela; 25290 m at 116°: Yara; 12730 m at 141°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 130720 m at 356°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 141410 m at 108°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 19930 m at 358°: Refugio de Fauna Delta del Cauto.
Cayo Grande: close by
1260 m at 173°: Cayo Carenero (cay); 1420 m at 178°: Cayo Sabana (cay); 1930 m at 130°: Cayita (cay); 3570 m at 254°: Cayos de Manzanillo (island group); 3930 m at 252°: Cayo Largo (cay); 4850 m at 230°: Cayo Laguna (cay); 5460 m at 169°: Combinado Pesquero (fishing); 7470 m at 251°: Cayo Jorobado (cay); 8530 m at 255°: Cayo Perla (cay); 11270 m at 230°: Cayo de Gua (cay); 13050 m at 229°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 21060 m at 31°: Cayos Las Guasas (island group).
Cayo Grande: on and around
Within 15 km: 35 guest houses & hostels, 26 schools, 16 factories & works, 13 stadiums & sport, 12 stores & supermarkets, 11 theatres & arts, 8 markets & malls, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 places of worship, 6 garages & car services.
4900 m at 145°: Casa de Visitas Nuevo Manzanillo (guest houses & hostels); 4940 m at 143°: Casa de Yaniel (guest houses & hostels); 4980 m at 150°: My Home (guest houses & hostels); 5150 m at 140°: Estadio Alfredo Uset Bertot (stadiums & sport); 5250 m at 149°: Celia Sanchez (historic & heritage); 5290 m at 133°: Benny Moré (historic & heritage); 5290 m at 134°: Pista de Patinaje El Castillito (stadiums & sport); 5410 m at 170°: Marina Manzanillo (marinas); 5410 m at 133°: La Fuente (urban parks & plazas); 5420 m at 136°: Parque Vallespín (urban parks & plazas); 5460 m at 132°: Cine Popular (theatres & arts); 5470 m at 130°: Parque Zoológico Bartolomé Masó Marquez (urban parks & plazas); 5480 m at 131°: Bartolomé Masó Márquez (historic & heritage).
Cayo Grande: marine life records
5 records of 4 species within 10 km, 1936 to 2009: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 molluscs, 1 fish. That is 1.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Limia vittata, 1 (fish); Vitta usnea, 1 (molluscs); Martesia, 1 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Grande: notes
Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.
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.