Cayo la Loma

Cayo la Loma: coast and water

4480 m at 196°: Punta Caguamas (point); 9320 m at 132°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 14980 m at 141°: Punta Cabeza del Este (point); 15460 m at 282°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 15920 m at 96°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 16720 m at 273°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 19730 m at 35°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 20400 m at 148°: Canal de Cabeza del Este (channel); 23620 m at 98°: Canal de Botijuela (channel); 23810 m at 48°: Pasa la Uva (channel); 25480 m at 296°: Pasa Felipe (channel); 27330 m at 132°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 27830 m at 94°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 29310 m at 22°: Fondeadero San Francisco (anchorage); 29660 m at 39°: Punta de las Angosturas (point); 29800 m at 276°: Punta de Indios (point).

Cayo la Loma: islands

1870 m at 67°: Cayo Las Varas (island); 3680 m at 302°: Cayo Juan Yero (island); 4050 m at 88°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (island); 4370 m at 59°: Cayo Los Hoyos (island); 4540 m at 319°: Cayo Corúa (island); 4750 m at 239°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group); 7140 m at 259°: Cayo Boca Rica (islet); 8250 m at 45°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 10260 m at 267°: Cayo Boca Seca (island); 11270 m at 25°: Cayo Rubio (island); 12450 m at 88°: Cayo Sombrerito (island); 14090 m at 66°: Cayos la Sepultura (islet); 16470 m at 278°: Cayos Peralta (island group); 17160 m at 281°: Cayos Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (island group); 18490 m at 90°: Cayo Granada (island); 18970 m at 61°: Cayo Pailita (island); 20890 m at 300°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 20930 m at 306°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 22760 m at 277°: Cayo Bartolo (island); 24530 m at 278°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 24550 m at 297°: Cayo Felipe (island); 26530 m at 278°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 26860 m at 42°: Cayo Cienfuegos (islet); 28320 m at 285°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (island).

Cayo la Loma: inland

26630 m at 42°: Sardiñas (locality).

Cayo la Loma: distances

45080 m at 77°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 47190 m at 79°: Playa Bonita; 76050 m at 22°: Vertientes; 106830 m at 34°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 158630 m at 49°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 205870 m at 308°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo la Loma: close by

1870 m at 67°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 2560 m at 355°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 3300 m at 109°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 3680 m at 302°: Cayo Juan Yero (cay); 4040 m at 88°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 4360 m at 59°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 4540 m at 319°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 4600 m at 51°: Cayo Cubero (cay); 4750 m at 239°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group); 5310 m at 113°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 5380 m at 166°: Cayo Las Caguamas (cay); 5420 m at 131°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay).

Cayo la Loma: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo la Loma: marine life records

179 records of 40 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2025: 96 fish, 81 corals, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 57.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites porites, 17 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 15 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 10 (corals); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Porites astreoides, 9 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 7 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo la Loma: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo la Loma

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 15 km away.