Cayo Palma

Cayo Palma: coast and water

7820 m at 115°: Canalizo Los Ajos (channel); 13220 m at 315°: Punta Arena (point); 21590 m at 267°: Punta Rancho Viejo (point); 22560 m at 85°: Punta Los Muertos (point); 23480 m at 278°: Punta Piedras (point); 24510 m at 103°: Punta del Inglés (point); 25660 m at 254°: Punta Seboruco Alto (point); 27870 m at 284°: Boca Oriental de la Ciénaga (cove).

Cayo Palma: islands

4610 m at 64°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 5130 m at 288°: Cayo Coco (island); 11670 m at 247°: Cayo Matías (island); 18850 m at 104°: Cayo Avalito (island); 20270 m at 98°: Cayo Los Muertos (island); 21150 m at 258°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 21170 m at 285°: Cayo Guayabo (island); 23550 m at 294°: Cayo Balandra (island); 28100 m at 295°: Cayos Los Dos Hermanos (island group); 31160 m at 84°: Cayo Ciriales (island); 31300 m at 74°: Cayo Cajones (island); 32190 m at 81°: Cayo Ciprés (island).

Cayo Palma: inland

28370 m at 253°: Seboruco (locality); 29200 m at 261°: Caridad del Cerro (locality); 32320 m at 278°: La Noria (locality); 33410 m at 285°: La Reforma (settlement); 33870 m at 285°: El Fanguito (settlement); 33950 m at 286°: GP La Reforma (farm).

Cayo Palma: distances

41580 m at 251°: Playa Larga; 45920 m at 289°: Santa Fe; 46000 m at 300°: Júcaro; 52510 m at 299°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 159400 m at 345°: Port of Mariel (port); 79070 m at 89°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Palma: close by

4610 m at 64°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 5110 m at 141°: Cayo Campos (cay); 5130 m at 288°: Cayo Coco (cay); 6100 m at 213°: Cayo Hicacos (cay); 9070 m at 293°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 10670 m at 245°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 11670 m at 247°: Cayo Matías (cay); 13030 m at 284°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 13200 m at 104°: Cayos Aguardiente (island group); 13740 m at 313°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 15410 m at 102°: Cayos Catuches (island group); 15990 m at 93°: Cayo Punta del Canto (cay).

Cayo Palma: marine life records

1813 records of 85 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2001: 1013 fish, 787 corals, 12 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 577.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 133 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 101 (fish); Scarus iseri, 96 (fish); Acropora palmata, 86 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 77 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 75 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 71 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 61 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 60 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 59 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 58 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 57 (fish).

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

Cayo Palma: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.