Cays & islands · Camagüey
Cayo Largo
Cayo Largo is a cay at 20°47′27″N 78°45′26″W in Camagüey province.
Cayo Largo: coast and water
8130 m at 112°: Punta Antón (point); 9550 m at 249°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 10700 m at 89°: Canal de la Lisa (channel); 14960 m at 281°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 16710 m at 161°: Punta de Indios (point); 25250 m at 128°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 25500 m at 134°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 26940 m at 287°: Laguna Mangle Alto (lagoon).
Cayo Largo: islands
6650 m at 196°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 9520 m at 18°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 12420 m at 176°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 13030 m at 88°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 13670 m at 146°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (island); 15140 m at 162°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 15500 m at 161°: Cayos Los Indios (island group); 17130 m at 120°: Cayo Galán (island); 20910 m at 115°: Cayo Yuraguana (island); 21310 m at 340°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 23220 m at 115°: Cayo Peralta (island); 23620 m at 117°: Cayo La Poza (island).
Cayo Largo: inland
46280 m at 51°: Garrapata (locality); 47910 m at 34°: San Pedro (stream); 48150 m at 50°: Santa Isabel (locality); 48670 m at 65°: La Palmerita (locality); 49980 m at 45°: San Diego (locality); 50090 m at 71°: Las Cruces (locality).
Cayo Largo: distances
71410 m at 16°: Playa Santa María; 79370 m at 96°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 81600 m at 49°: La Clarita; 117430 m at 53°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 176720 m at 61°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 166870 m at 310°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 19630 m at 316°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayo Largo: close by
6010 m at 221°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 6650 m at 196°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 7750 m at 82°: Cayo Antón (cay); 7910 m at 129°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 8000 m at 250°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (cay); 8090 m at 129°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 8180 m at 227°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 8800 m at 26°: Cayo Cucaracha (cay); 9520 m at 18°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (cay); 10090 m at 255°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 10210 m at 98°: Cayo Gordo (cay); 11510 m at 131°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group).
Cayo Largo: marine life records
418 records of 160 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2025: 305 fish, 69 corals, 13 molluscs, 11 crustaceans, 10 sharks and rays, 4 echinoderms, 3 sponges, 1 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 133.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 32 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 14 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 10 (fish); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 8 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 8 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 7 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Largo: notes
Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.
Getting to Cayo Largo
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 13 km away.
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.