Cayo Largo

Cayo Largo: coast and water

3420 m at 238°: Estero La Lancha (estuary); 5920 m at 276°: Estero Macabí (estuary); 8010 m at 106°: Estero Garzones (estuary); 8420 m at 291°: Ensenada Garrafón (cove); 9430 m at 356°: Punta del Este de Cayo Cruz (point); 14290 m at 312°: Punta La Ca (point); 16090 m at 146°: Ensenada de La Lisa (cove); 16730 m at 132°: Ensenada de Cordera (bay).

Cayo Largo: islands

1630 m at 345°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 2220 m at 342°: Cayo Estanislao (island); 3620 m at 134°: Cayo Noy (island); 5290 m at 119°: Cayo Grillo (island); 9170 m at 179°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet); 13140 m at 316°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 15380 m at 321°: Cayo la Guardia (island); 15940 m at 182°: Jibaro (island group); 17640 m at 145°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island); 18920 m at 148°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (islet); 19100 m at 305°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 19700 m at 316°: Cayo Siche (island).

Cayo Largo: inland

19620 m at 334°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 27180 m at 135°: La Bodega (hamlet); 27340 m at 227°: Río Manantiales (stream); 27800 m at 217°: Estero del Vicioso (hamlet); 29290 m at 240°: Arroyo Verde (stream); 29870 m at 227°: Cadenas (locality).

Cayo Largo: distances

9980 m at 259°: Cayo Romano; 27340 m at 227°: Playa Jigüey; 27810 m at 183°: Playa Guanaja; 73850 m at 305°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 77140 m at 140°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 110460 m at 301°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Largo: close by

720 m at 95°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 1560 m at 136°: Cayo Madera (cay); 1630 m at 345°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 1860 m at 279°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 2220 m at 342°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 3250 m at 343°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 3600 m at 342°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 3610 m at 134°: Cayo Noy (cay); 4070 m at 344°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 4960 m at 301°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 5180 m at 345°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 5210 m at 346°: Cayo Palomo (cay).

Cayo Largo: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 police & fire.

10760 m at 122°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Largo: marine life records

6 records of 6 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2026: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 1.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Panulirus argus, 1 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Lucina columbella, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Largo: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Largo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 14 km away.