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Cayo Largo

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

Cayo Largo is a cay at 20°49′21″N 75°42′55″W in Holguín province.

GPS 20.82250, -75.7152820°49′21″N 75°42′55″W

Cayo Largo: coast and water

250 m at 308°: Bahía de Manatí (cove); 2230 m at 57°: Punta Playa Manteca (point); 3580 m at 72°: Punta Felipe (point); 3610 m at 270°: Bahía Corojal (bay); 5230 m at 343°: Playa Jamaica (beach); 5260 m at 339°: Ensenada de Lora (estuary); 5380 m at 263°: Punta Lengua de Tierra (point); 5900 m at 245°: Playa Oliver (beach); 7030 m at 82°: Ensenada Hermenegildo (bay); 7510 m at 29°: Punta la Cadena (point); 8510 m at 134°: Punta Cigarro (point); 8570 m at 224°: Punta Lagunita (point); 8820 m at 24°: Ensenada de Raya (cove); 9770 m at 78°: Ensenada Honda (cove); 10380 m at 13°: Punta Pata Gorda (point); 10460 m at 161°: Punta Botija (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Largo
Cayo Largo, wider

Cayo Largo: islands

6900 m at 231°: Cayo Ratones (island); 8000 m at 223°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 9160 m at 75°: Cayo Iguana (island); 9670 m at 214°: Cayos Broqueles (island); 11380 m at 207°: Cayo Obispo (island); 11490 m at 180°: Cayo Juan Vicente (island).

Cayo Largo: inland

2070 m at 44°: Manatí (locality); 3800 m at 288°: Ocujal (locality); 3800 m at 288°: Beola (railway station); 4990 m at 39°: Antonio López (locality); 5280 m at 66°: Canalito (settlement); 5830 m at 268°: Dumos (settlement); 6100 m at 324°: Pilón (locality); 7120 m at 40°: Antonio Saco (locality); 7440 m at 66°: El Cañon (settlement); 7630 m at 300°: Antillita Tres (settlement); 8450 m at 315°: Piloncito (settlement); 8560 m at 158°: Villa Pinares De Mayari (hotel).

Cayo Largo: distances

2630 m at 282°: Antilla; 5230 m at 343°: Playa Jamaica; 5900 m at 245°: Playa Oliver; 62530 m at 266°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 3220 m at 307°: Port of Antilla (port); 95420 m at 190°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 14970 m at 357°: Comité Militar Banes; 26940 m at 345°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo; 39150 m at 192°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.

Cayo Largo: close by

2390 m at 282°: La Patana (fishing); 2830 m at 275°: Puerto Marítimo (fishing); 6890 m at 231°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 7990 m at 223°: Cayo Yuraguanal (cay); 8070 m at 24°: Cayo Raya (cay); 9160 m at 75°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 9350 m at 11°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 9350 m at 11°: Isla Iguana (cay); 9360 m at 355°: Barco encallado (reef); 9670 m at 214°: Cayos Broqueles (cay); 11390 m at 207°: Cayo Obispo (cay); 11480 m at 180°: Cayo Juan Vicente (cay).

Cayo Largo: on and around

Within 15 km: 70 farms & plantations, 12 schools, 12 factories & works, 10 places of worship, 9 clinics & polyclinics, 7 guest houses & hostels, 6 stadiums & sport, 6 stations & terminals, 6 stores & supermarkets, 4 government & embassies.

430 m at 319°: Campismo Popular Barrancones (camp sites); 2260 m at 308°: casa de Lisi (guest houses & hostels); 2460 m at 324°: Casa (guest houses & hostels); 2620 m at 282°: Cancha (stadiums & sport); 2720 m at 280°: Omar Silot (guest houses & hostels); 2800 m at 284°: Antilla (stations & terminals); 4240 m at 26°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 5070 m at 343°: Campismo Popular Antillita (camp sites); 8030 m at 39°: Cañón de Banes (attractions); 8490 m at 133°: Guatemala (stations & terminals); 9140 m at 352°: Anclaje de Botes (stations & terminals); 9640 m at 353°: Macabí (stations & terminals); 10290 m at 136°: Estadio de Béisbol de Guatemala (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Largo: marine life records

24 records of 18 species within 10 km, 1911 to 2017: 9 seabirds and shorebirds, 5 fish, 4 molluscs, 3 marine mammals, 3 other. That is 7.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Elops saurus, 2 (fish); Eoacmaea pustulata, 2 (molluscs); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Rynchops niger, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Gambusia puncticulata, 1 (fish); Ziphius cavirostris, 1 (marine mammals); Sphoeroides testudineus, 1 (fish); Schizochilus atlanticus, 1 (other); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs); Schizochilus banesensis, 1 (other).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Mar 2.

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

Cayo Largo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

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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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