Cayo La Paloma

Cayo La Paloma: coast and water

820 m at 4°: Ensenada Media Luna (cove); 5500 m at 284°: Laguna Ciego (lagoon); 11020 m at 267°: Punta El Catibo (point); 11940 m at 75°: Canaliito Estopa (channel); 15550 m at 258°: Laguna Vicente Justo (lagoon); 16520 m at 236°: Arrecife Seco de Cascajo (reef); 17570 m at 248°: Punta Cabria (point); 20000 m at 257°: Laguna Inglés (lagoon).

Cayo La Paloma: islands

1570 m at 312°: Cayo La Sigua (island); 3830 m at 77°: Cayo del Rosario (island); 7240 m at 341°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 7900 m at 38°: Cayo Francesito (island); 10460 m at 275°: Cayo La Luz (island); 10810 m at 44°: Cayo Divisa de Piedra (island); 11140 m at 258°: Cayo Cantiles (island); 14780 m at 297°: Cayo Cajones (island); 16190 m at 302°: Cayo La Palma (island); 19160 m at 288°: Cayo Gaviota (island); 23640 m at 259°: Cayo Los Muertos (island); 26930 m at 89°: Cayo Rico (island).

Cayo La Paloma: inland

36660 m at 90°: Combinado (hamlet); 40340 m at 94°: Villa Iguana (hotel); 41090 m at 94°: Sol Pelicano (hotel); 41660 m at 94°: Lindamar Hotel (hotel); 43620 m at 93°: Gran Caribe Playa Blanca (hotel); 43690 m at 91°: Sol Club Cayo Largo (hotel).

Cayo La Paloma: distances

37530 m at 96°: Paradise Beach; 41680 m at 93°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 83980 m at 259°: Playa Larga; 38600 m at 91°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 162370 m at 13°: Port of Matanzas (port); 35820 m at 92°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo La Paloma: close by

1570 m at 312°: Cayo La Sigua (cay); 3820 m at 77°: Cayo del Rosario (cay); 4540 m at 27°: Cayo Mosquito (cay); 4610 m at 26°: Cayo Las Gaviotas (cay); 7240 m at 341°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 7630 m at 337°: Cayo del Pasaje (cay); 7900 m at 38°: Cayo Francesito (cay); 7960 m at 38°: Cayo Francesllo (cay); 8120 m at 51°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 8200 m at 51°: Cayos Los Ballematos (cay); 8900 m at 274°: Cayo Convento (cay); 9590 m at 240°: Cayos Jardines (island group).

Cayo La Paloma: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 attractions.

4860 m at 263°: Cayo Cantiles (trails & viewpoints).

Cayo La Paloma: marine life records

910 records of 253 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 367 molluscs, 302 fish, 234 corals, 3 other, 2 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles. That is 289.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 71 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 32 (corals); Porites astreoides, 29 (corals); Scarus iseri, 28 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 26 (fish); Porites porites, 24 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 23 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 22 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 19 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 18 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 18 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish).

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

Cayo La Paloma: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.