Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Los Pargos
Cayo Los Pargos is a cay at 22°30′40″N 78°48′56″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Los Pargos: coast and water
7190 m at 86°: Punta Casola (point); 10780 m at 94°: Punta Jutía (point); 14000 m at 75°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 14080 m at 64°: Punta Culebra (point); 14690 m at 193°: Playa Mamón (beach); 16170 m at 87°: Lagunato de la Botella (lagoon); 16500 m at 31°: Arrecife de Media Luna (reef); 16590 m at 146°: Boca Cadena (channel).
Cayo Los Pargos: islands
2670 m at 89°: Cayo Piso (island); 6680 m at 45°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 8000 m at 94°: Cayo Cubera (island); 9100 m at 61°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 10490 m at 86°: Cayo Jutía (island); 14070 m at 34°: Cayos Hijos de Guillermo (island group); 14270 m at 51°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 15220 m at 70°: Cayo Valle Cobo (island); 16770 m at 149°: Cayo Vaca (island); 17150 m at 80°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 17920 m at 59°: Cayo Guillermo (island); 18590 m at 292°: Cayo Vinagre (island).
Cayo Los Pargos: inland
14650 m at 179°: Punta Alegre (settlement); 15730 m at 162°: El Pino (locality); 16100 m at 214°: Chambas (stream); 17440 m at 172°: Pozo Dulce (hamlet); 17490 m at 50°: Iberostar Origin Playa Pilar (hotel); 17690 m at 198°: El Recreo (locality).
Cayo Los Pargos: distances
22360 m at 175°: Kilo 9; 28540 m at 208°: Arroyo de Agua; 28540 m at 208°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 50350 m at 96°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 171850 m at 257°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 17500 m at 62°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 22270 m at 317°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 30700 m at 96°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 36630 m at 252°: Parque Nacional Caguanes.
Cayo Los Pargos: close by
770 m at 286°: Cayo Candela (cay); 2680 m at 89°: Cayo Piso (cay); 2890 m at 197°: Cayería La Baliza (island group); 3390 m at 289°: Cayo Partido (cay); 3890 m at 347°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 4020 m at 345°: Cayo Los Anegadizos (cay); 5010 m at 48°: Cayo La Cáscara (cay); 5560 m at 293°: Cayo Gordo de Patabán (cay); 5640 m at 294°: Cayo Gordo (cay); 6670 m at 17°: Cayo Flores (cay); 6680 m at 45°: Cayo Contrabando (cay); 6920 m at 71°: Cayo El Sapo (cay).
Cayo Los Pargos: on and around
Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 4 salt works, 4 schools, 2 factories & works, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 fuel stations, 1 banks & exchange, 1 markets & malls, 1 places of worship.
14420 m at 166°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 14500 m at 182°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).
Cayo Los Pargos: marine life records
51 records of 33 species within 10 km, 2006 to 2025: 39 fish, 6 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays. That is 16.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Benthocometes robustus, 4 (fish); Zalieutes mcgintyi, 4 (fish); Malthopsis gnoma, 3 (fish); Benthobatis marcida, 3 (sharks and rays); Saurida caribbaea, 2 (fish); Verilus pseudomicrolepis, 2 (fish); Peristedion, 2 (fish); Johnsonina eriomma, 2 (fish); Bathycongrus thysanochilus, 1 (fish); Tringa melanoleuca, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Neoepinnula orientalis, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Los Pargos: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
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.