Cayo Paloma

Cayo Paloma: coast and water

2260 m at 26°: Ensenada del Jobabo (cove); 2450 m at 198°: Punta Andén (point); 5040 m at 89°: Boca de Cañate (channel); 5040 m at 223°: Playa de Punta Gorda (beach); 5070 m at 255°: Punta Gorda (point); 5440 m at 345°: Canalizo Matahambre (channel); 7420 m at 327°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 7600 m at 347°: Ensenada de la Glorieta (inlet).

Cayo Paloma: islands

350 m at 52°: Cayo Palomo (island); 2520 m at 220°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 2920 m at 293°: Cayo Levisa (island); 3380 m at 22°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 9350 m at 143°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 9410 m at 103°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 9980 m at 347°: Cayuelo del Cristo (island); 10860 m at 108°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 12100 m at 321°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 13180 m at 327°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island); 13700 m at 325°: Cayo Hicacal (island); 14120 m at 295°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island).

Cayo Paloma: inland

2520 m at 43°: Las Miravillas (settlement); 3350 m at 202°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 3540 m at 196°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 8760 m at 205°: Laguna del Dorado (pond); 10590 m at 209°: Júcaro (locality); 12970 m at 180°: Pastora de Cartaya (locality).

Cayo Paloma: distances

3310 m at 203°: Isabela de Sagua; 5040 m at 223°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 10250 m at 169°: Playa Colorado; 53080 m at 174°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 101430 m at 207°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 102980 m at 207°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 21530 m at 223°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Paloma: close by

350 m at 53°: Cayo Palomo (cay); 2520 m at 221°: Cayo Mendoza (cay); 2620 m at 195°: Vista al Mar (fishing); 2920 m at 293°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 3380 m at 22°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 4160 m at 74°: Cayo Mariposa (cay); 4540 m at 70°: Cayo Maravillas (cay); 4640 m at 105°: Cayo Hachuela (cay); 5160 m at 356°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 5620 m at 351°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 5710 m at 347°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 5830 m at 340°: Cayo Iguana (cay).

Cayo Paloma: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 2 schools, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

2710 m at 197°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 2790 m at 200°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 3020 m at 203°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 3450 m at 205°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Paloma: marine life records

204 records of 86 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2024: 159 fish, 32 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays, 3 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 64.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Gammaridea, 10 (crustaceans); Strongylura notata, 10 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 8 (crustaceans); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Sphyraena barracuda, 7 (fish); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 5 (fish); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3.

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

Cayo Paloma: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Paloma

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 7.6 km away.