Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Ladrones
Cayo Ladrones is a cay at 22°23′01″N 78°45′24″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Ladrones: coast and water
5780 m at 90°: Punta Jiguaní (point); 6440 m at 96°: Laguna de Jiguaní (lagoon); 8500 m at 109°: Boca de la Caldera (channel); 9350 m at 269°: Playa Mamón (beach); 9880 m at 155°: Punta del Mosquito (point); 10500 m at 106°: Punta Caldera (point); 12310 m at 336°: Canalizo del Abogado (channel); 12560 m at 345°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel).
Cayo Ladrones: islands
4510 m at 118°: Cayo Palomo (islet); 4930 m at 127°: Cayo Estilla (island); 8470 m at 150°: Cayo Mujeres (island); 13720 m at 8°: Cayo Cubera (island); 14610 m at 347°: Cayo Piso (island); 15410 m at 337°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 15640 m at 16°: Cayo Jutía (island); 16390 m at 2°: Cayo El Sapo (island); 17710 m at 352°: Cayo La Cáscara (island); 19080 m at 78°: Cayo Eusebio del Oeste (islet); 19160 m at 131°: Isla de Turiguano (island); 20160 m at 19°: Cayo Güincho (island).
Cayo Ladrones: inland
6230 m at 214°: El Estero (locality); 8750 m at 185°: Monte Chicola (locality); 9320 m at 267°: Loma de Aja (hill); 9660 m at 235°: La Constancia (hamlet); 10150 m at 238°: Corrales Cuatro (settlement); 10720 m at 205°: Pérez Dos (locality).
Cayo Ladrones: distances
9030 m at 206°: Kilo 9; 19890 m at 221°: El Asiento; 22240 m at 240°: Arroyo de Agua; 44850 m at 79°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 175160 m at 262°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 24290 m at 23°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 26930 m at 66°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 37120 m at 325°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María.
Cayo Ladrones: close by
2550 m at 95°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 3190 m at 102°: Cayo Yana (cay); 4510 m at 118°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 4930 m at 128°: Cayo Estilla (cay); 5110 m at 131°: Cayo Caimitos (cay); 5350 m at 269°: Base de Pesca Particular (fishing); 6660 m at 141°: Cayo El Toro (cay); 7180 m at 159°: Cayo Haití (cay); 7710 m at 154°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 8470 m at 150°: Cayo Mujeres (cay); 13340 m at 329°: Cayería La Baliza (island group); 13720 m at 8°: Cayo Cubera (cay).
Cayo Ladrones: on and around
Within 15 km: 8 stores & supermarkets, 4 schools, 4 salt works, 3 factories & works, 1 camp sites, 1 hospitals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 mines & quarries, 1 fuel stations, 1 markets & malls.
1770 m at 228°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites); 2560 m at 274°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 4820 m at 259°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 6590 m at 267°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).
Cayo Ladrones: marine life records
57 records of 36 species within 10 km, 2015 to 2025: 36 fish, 13 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 sponges. That is 18.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 7 (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 Ladrones: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
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.