Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Largo La Salina
Cayo Largo La Salina is a cay at 22°21′49″N 78°25′35″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Largo La Salina: coast and water
9050 m at 77°: Boca de los Paredones (channel); 10380 m at 169°: Pasa de Judas (channel); 12610 m at 195°: Playa La Tinaja (beach); 13990 m at 64°: Canalizo Perico Díaz (channel); 14050 m at 231°: La Playita Militar (beach); 14090 m at 217°: Laguna La Picúa (lagoon); 14380 m at 166°: Laguna de las Mujeres (lagoon); 16040 m at 54°: Laguna El Níspero (lagoon).
Cayo Largo La Salina: islands
4190 m at 335°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 5710 m at 318°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 7580 m at 159°: Cayos del Canal Nuevo (island group); 14560 m at 111°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 15760 m at 334°: Cayo Coco (islet); 16150 m at 298°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (islet); 17870 m at 65°: Cayo Salado (island); 20240 m at 65°: Cayos Las Auras (island); 20890 m at 299°: Cayo Botella (island); 22250 m at 242°: Isla de Turiguano (island); 22600 m at 69°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 23090 m at 66°: Cayo Ramón (islet).
Cayo Largo La Salina: inland
9050 m at 34°: La Bandera (locality); 12880 m at 191°: La Tinaja Grande (locality); 12890 m at 280°: Punta Blanca (airfield); 15960 m at 230°: Sandino (settlement); 16850 m at 13°: Cayo Coco (settlement); 18330 m at 351°: Bluebay Cayo Coco (hotel).
Cayo Largo La Salina: distances
33050 m at 166°: Bolivia; 34930 m at 216°: Morón; 35610 m at 224°: Las Charcas; 14780 m at 43°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 150520 m at 127°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 34730 m at 315°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 16330 m at 325°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.
Cayo Largo La Salina: close by
4190 m at 335°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 5700 m at 318°: Cayo Sombrero (cay); 6200 m at 206°: Cayo Juan Griego (cay); 6550 m at 61°: Cayos Largo el Coco (cay); 6580 m at 61°: Cayo Largo El Coco (cay); 7580 m at 159°: Cayos del Canal Nuevo (island group); 8570 m at 10°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 10210 m at 158°: Cayo La Higuereta (cay); 10560 m at 65°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (cay); 11960 m at 170°: Cayo de Los Tratantes (cay); 12170 m at 168°: Cayo las Piedras de Momito (cay); 12780 m at 124°: Cayo Lajiales de Judas (cay).
Cayo Largo La Salina: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 fuel stations, 1 stations & terminals, 1 police & fire.
14410 m at 25°: Transtur Cayo Coco (stations & terminals).
Cayo Largo La Salina: marine life records
98 records of 21 species within 10 km, 2000 to 2025: 95 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 31.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Egretta rufescens, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 13 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa semipalmata, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Mergus serrator, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris alba, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Calidris himantopus, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 7, Feb 8, Mar 12, May 11, Sep 1, Dec 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Largo La Salina: notes
A cay can lie inside a protected area.
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.