Cays & islands · Villa Clara

Cayo Isidoro

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

Cayo Isidoro is a cay at 22°52′40″N 79°47′00″W in Villa Clara province.

GPS 22.87773, -79.7834622°52′40″N 79°47′00″W

Cayo Isidoro: coast and water

2430 m at 236°: Punta Tabaco (point); 6960 m at 224°: Ensenada de Cayo Vaca (bay); 9280 m at 188°: Ensenada Trujillo (cove); 9580 m at 337°: Playa La Uva (beach); 9870 m at 179°: Laguna El Don Chicho (lagoon); 12070 m at 255°: Ensenada Mar Nueva (cove); 12990 m at 159°: Playa Nazabal (beach); 13180 m at 298°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Isidoro
Cayo Isidoro, wider

Cayo Isidoro: islands

3010 m at 44°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 6470 m at 313°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 10850 m at 294°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 12070 m at 111°: Cayo Marcos (island); 15150 m at 301°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 16030 m at 290°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 16690 m at 278°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 19710 m at 296°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 21060 m at 104°: Roca Vinson (island); 24120 m at 295°: Cayo Palomo (island); 24280 m at 294°: Cayo Paloma (island); 25110 m at 289°: Cayo Mendoza (island).

Cayo Isidoro: inland

12470 m at 189°: Granadillo Viejo (locality); 12920 m at 248°: Batey Lazo (locality); 12940 m at 160°: Playa Emilio Córdova (settlement); 13360 m at 202°: Granadillo (locality); 14610 m at 193°: Laguna Trujillo (locality); 15410 m at 181°: La Marina (locality).

Cayo Isidoro: distances

12990 m at 159°: Playa Nazábal; 13520 m at 254°: Playa Piñón; 15160 m at 170°: Emilio Córdova; 45890 m at 201°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 105340 m at 220°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 106980 m at 220°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 37340 m at 261°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Isidoro: close by

2750 m at 94°: Cayo Alto (cay); 3010 m at 44°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 5520 m at 20°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 5690 m at 264°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 5720 m at 292°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 6370 m at 350°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 6470 m at 313°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 7680 m at 101°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 7860 m at 21°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 7960 m at 19°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 8210 m at 100°: Cayos Pajonal (cay); 8940 m at 309°: Cayo Culebra (cay).

Cayo Isidoro: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 police & fire.

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Cayo Isidoro: marine life records

626 records of 130 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2017: 315 fish, 182 corals, 127 sponges, 2 other. That is 199.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella faveolata, 36 (corals); Demospongiae, 31 (sponges); Acanthurus bahianus, 26 (fish); Spirastrellidae, 22 (sponges); Haemulon sciurus, 21 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 21 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 21 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 20 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 17 (fish); Stichopathes, 16 (corals); Acropora palmata, 16 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 16 (fish).

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

Cayo Isidoro: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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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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