Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila

Cayo Obispo

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

Cayo Obispo is a cay at 21°32′56″N 78°52′59″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 21.54892, -78.8832321°32′56″N 78°53′00″W

Cayo Obispo: coast and water

7290 m at 17°: Punta Burro (point); 9270 m at 279°: Bajo Palo Alto (reef); 11540 m at 99°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 12380 m at 203°: Bajo Hondo (shoal); 12740 m at 139°: Canal Balanadras (channel); 15730 m at 89°: Estero Isabelita (estuary); 16750 m at 41°: Canal Maniadero (channel); 16820 m at 166°: Cabezo Gruñidor (shoal).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Obispo
Cayo Obispo, wider

Cayo Obispo: islands

1720 m at 194°: Cayo Obispito (island); 2870 m at 159°: Cayo Guinea (island); 3560 m at 82°: Cayo Encantado (island); 7320 m at 137°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 7650 m at 122°: Cayos Ana María (islet); 7730 m at 109°: Cayo La Tea (island); 9790 m at 92°: Cayo Joroba (island); 10250 m at 145°: Cayo Guásimas (island); 11560 m at 107°: Cayo Pilón (island); 12750 m at 104°: Cayo Campito (island); 13510 m at 118°: Cayo La Gloria (island); 17280 m at 81°: Cayo La Salina (island).

Cayo Obispo: inland

10840 m at 1°: La Palma (hamlet); 11370 m at 347°: Vaqueria El Destino (ranch); 11900 m at 26°: Ramón Reyes (locality); 13510 m at 10°: Tres Marías (locality); 13650 m at 340°: Castillo (hamlet); 13700 m at 4°: Barroso (settlement).

Cayo Obispo: distances

22930 m at 24°: Venezuela; 24280 m at 39°: Jagüeyal; 30570 m at 61°: Baraguá; 108070 m at 97°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 167880 m at 90°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 117000 m at 281°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Obispo: close by

1730 m at 194°: Cayo Obispito (cay); 2870 m at 159°: Cayo Guinea (cay); 3570 m at 82°: Cayo Encantado (cay); 6160 m at 100°: Cayo Laguna (cay); 6620 m at 157°: Cayo Flamenquito (cay); 7320 m at 137°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 7650 m at 122°: Cayos Ana María (cay); 7740 m at 109°: Cayo La Tea (cay); 7750 m at 155°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 8100 m at 142°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 8490 m at 84°: Cayo Jorobita (cay); 8890 m at 129°: Cayo Los Dos Hermanos (island group).

Cayo Obispo: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 marinas, 1 fuel stations, 1 stations & terminals, 1 factories & works.

8590 m at 22°: Marina Júcaro (marinas); 8840 m at 21°: Júcaro (stations & terminals).

Cayo Obispo: marine life records

3 records of 3 species within 10 km, 1943 to 2025: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals. That is 1.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals); Sterna maxima, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Cayo Obispo: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

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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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