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Cayo Largo El Coco

Satellite view of Cayo Largo El Coco, Cuba
Cayo Largo El Coco (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Largo El Coco is a cay at 22°23′34″N 78°22′14″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 22.39273, -78.3706322°23′34″N 78°22′14″W

Cayo Largo El Coco: coast and water

5790 m at 62°: Ensenada del Jato (cove); 11000 m at 69°: Canal de Paredón Grande (channel); 14440 m at 15°: Ensenada de Bautista (cove); 15170 m at 1°: Laguna la Colorada (lagoon); 16340 m at 5°: Punta Colorada (point); 16580 m at 30°: Arrecife Largo (reef); 17350 m at 188°: Laguna de las Mujeres (lagoon); 17370 m at 334°: Laguna Tiburón (lagoon).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Largo El Coco
Cayo Largo El Coco, wider

Cayo Largo El Coco: islands

7520 m at 274°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 10800 m at 133°: Cayo Guinea (island); 11170 m at 147°: Cayo Alto (island); 11270 m at 69°: Cayo Soldado (islet); 11320 m at 68°: Cayo Salado (island); 12210 m at 224°: Cayo Juan Griego (island); 16620 m at 163°: Cayo Judas (island); 17980 m at 115°: Cayo Alto de Juan Saez (island); 18830 m at 60°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (island); 20490 m at 282°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (islet); 21900 m at 70°: Cayo Paredón (islet); 22100 m at 78°: Cayo Los Paisajes (islet).

Cayo Largo El Coco: inland

5210 m at 291°: La Silla (locality); 8610 m at 356°: Vaciadero (locality); 11280 m at 32°: Casasa (locality); 12010 m at 340°: Be Live Playa Coco (hotel); 15860 m at 8°: Bluebay Cayo coco (hotel); 17010 m at 358°: Hotel Colonial Cayo Coco (hotel).

Cayo Largo El Coco: distances

35390 m at 177°: Bolivia; 40700 m at 143°: Playa la Mula; 41030 m at 220°: Morón; 8740 m at 30°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 147980 m at 129°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 37040 m at 305°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 18210 m at 304°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Largo El Coco: close by

70 m at 178°: Cayos Largo el Coco (cay); 4040 m at 73°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (cay); 6580 m at 241°: Cayo Largo La Salina (cay); 6700 m at 321°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 7530 m at 274°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 9590 m at 276°: Cayo Sombrero (cay); 10760 m at 197°: Cayos del Canal Nuevo (island group); 10800 m at 133°: Cayo Guinea (cay); 11120 m at 69°: Fishing spot (fishing); 11120 m at 69°: Fishing spot (fishing); 11170 m at 147°: Cayo Alto (cay); 11270 m at 69°: Cayo Soldado (cay).

Cayo Largo El Coco: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 factories & works, 2 fuel stations, 2 stations & terminals, 2 banks & exchange, 2 attractions, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 government & embassies, 1 police & fire, 1 coral reefs, 1 marinas.

9840 m at 2°: Transtur Cayo Coco (stations & terminals); 14740 m at 12°: Delfinario Cayo Coco (en construcción) (attractions); 14910 m at 11°: Marina Gaviota Bautista (marinas).

Cayo Largo El Coco: marine life records

114 records of 27 species within 10 km, 2000 to 2025: 107 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 marine mammals, 1 other, 1 sharks and rays, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 corals, 1 crustaceans. That is 36.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Egretta rufescens, 21 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 7 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa semipalmata, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Dendrocygna arborea, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Mergus serrator, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pluvialis squatarola, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris himantopus, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 6, Feb 8, Mar 15, May 11, Jul 1.

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

Cayo Largo El Coco: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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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.

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