Cayo Largo

Cayo Largo: coast and water

3560 m at 147°: Hacienda Yamacia (estuary); 5120 m at 288°: Punta Gracia (point); 5650 m at 215°: Playa Santo Domingo (beach); 6010 m at 351°: Playa Corella (beach); 6640 m at 312°: Punta Desgraciada (point); 6640 m at 312°: La Boca (inlet); 6680 m at 310°: Punta Carenero (point); 7580 m at 315°: Punta Mastelero (point); 8620 m at 258°: Punta Gorda (point); 9510 m at 317°: Punta Mojacasabe (point); 9570 m at 317°: Punta Guincho (point); 9590 m at 261°: Bahía de Puerto Padre (bay); 10670 m at 96°: Hacienda San José de las Nuevas (estuary); 11700 m at 314°: Bahía Guincho (bay); 11870 m at 62°: Playa la Genovesa (beach); 14920 m at 280°: Bahía Escobar (cove).

Cayo Largo: islands

650 m at 126°: Cayo Totí (island); 1140 m at 168°: La Sarina (island); 3740 m at 274°: Cayo Puerco (island); 5640 m at 272°: Cayo Juan Claro (island); 9990 m at 316°: Cayo Guincho (island).

Cayo Largo: inland

1050 m at 160°: Arroyo Colorado (stream); 2260 m at 120°: Río Zanja (stream); 5580 m at 298°: Punta Carenero (settlement); 5830 m at 154°: Lasa Dos (hamlet); 5920 m at 319°: Playa La Llanita (settlement); 6260 m at 307°: Playa Las Bocas (settlement); 6950 m at 200°: El Jardín (settlement); 7300 m at 174°: Jesús Menéndez (town); 7300 m at 246°: Puerto Padre (airfield); 7390 m at 207°: La Trocha (settlement); 7820 m at 122°: El Yonce (settlement); 8490 m at 219°: El Triángulo (settlement).

Cayo Largo: distances

5650 m at 215°: Playa Santo Domingo; 6910 m at 222°: Playa Boca de Río; 7100 m at 173°: Jesús Menéndez; 52180 m at 160°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 87860 m at 294°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 152580 m at 155°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 26940 m at 97°: Reserva Ecológica Caletones.

Cayo Largo: close by

650 m at 126°: Cayo Totí (cay); 1140 m at 168°: La Sarina (cay); 3740 m at 274°: Cayo Puerco (cay); 5640 m at 272°: Cayo Juan Claro (cay); 9990 m at 316°: Cayo Guincho (cay); 18250 m at 299°: Cayo Barro (cay); 18260 m at 299°: Cayo Burro (cay); 21120 m at 287°: Cayo La Iguana (cay).

Cayo Largo: on and around

Within 15 km: 55 guest houses & hostels, 25 schools, 20 salt works, 20 stores & supermarkets, 16 garages & car services, 14 places of worship, 13 government & embassies, 12 factories & works, 12 clinics & polyclinics, 7 pharmacies.

6200 m at 264°: Campamento de pioneros (camp sites); 6260 m at 307°: Villa Juliett (guest houses & hostels); 6310 m at 308°: Casa de Renta (guest houses & hostels); 6330 m at 346°: Campismo Playa Corella (camp sites); 6390 m at 308°: Casa de Playa Los Bruzones (guest houses & hostels); 6420 m at 309°: Paladar El Estafador (cuban cuisine & lechón); 6450 m at 308°: Embarque Ferry (stations & terminals); 7330 m at 173°: Cine "Moncada" (theatres & arts); 7390 m at 181°: Transporte Escolar (stations & terminals); 7580 m at 173°: Chaparra (stations & terminals); 7850 m at 175°: Estadio (stadiums & sport); 8550 m at 113°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 9610 m at 237°: Escultura a Antonio Guiteras Holmes (attractions).

Cayo Largo: marine life records

68 records of 54 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2021: 62 molluscs, 2 fish, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 21.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Nerita versicolor, 4 (molluscs); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Caecidae, 2 (molluscs); Nerita tessellata, 2 (molluscs); Truncatella pulchella, 2 (molluscs); Haminoea elegans, 2 (molluscs); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Meioceras nitidum, 1 (molluscs); Nerita peloronta, 1 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Largo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Largo

• Navigation: the lighthouse El faro stands about 7.6 km away.