Cayo Palomino

Cayo Palomino: coast and water

2010 m at 217°: Banco Palomino (shoal); 3500 m at 171°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 5240 m at 205°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 9540 m at 140°: Bajo Atravesada (shoal); 10200 m at 137°: Punta Hicaco (point); 10390 m at 134°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 10710 m at 172°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 14020 m at 166°: Punta Coloraditas (point).

Cayo Palomino: islands

550 m at 159°: Cayo Pajáros (island); 5940 m at 154°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 6720 m at 145°: Cayo Huevo (island); 7260 m at 143°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 7840 m at 133°: Cayo Cocos (island); 8960 m at 137°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 11410 m at 152°: Cayo Niquero (island); 11740 m at 140°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 12260 m at 169°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 17920 m at 181°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 27090 m at 325°: Cayo Buena Esperanza (island); 27510 m at 322°: Cayo Medano de Buena Esperanza (island).

Cayo Palomino: inland

12920 m at 134°: Arroyo Guaimaral (stream); 14700 m at 128°: Manáguano (hamlet); 14770 m at 163°: El Espigón (locality); 15030 m at 139°: Guaimaral (settlement); 15270 m at 123°: Sevilla Abajo (settlement); 15460 m at 141°: Argote (locality).

Cayo Palomino: distances

13790 m at 144°: Niquero; 21080 m at 181°: Belic; 22880 m at 91°: Media Luna; 61270 m at 75°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 161230 m at 15°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 186580 m at 96°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 32810 m at 155°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayo Palomino: close by

550 m at 158°: Cayo Pajáros (cay); 3510 m at 171°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 5230 m at 205°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 5940 m at 154°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 6710 m at 145°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 7260 m at 143°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 7790 m at 134°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 7840 m at 133°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 8960 m at 137°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 9630 m at 132°: Cayo Piragua (cay); 10470 m at 182°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 10710 m at 172°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef).

Cayo Palomino: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 4 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 1 places of worship, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 sugar mills & refineries, 1 historic & heritage.

13250 m at 146°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 13280 m at 146°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 13330 m at 147°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 13370 m at 146°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 13460 m at 147°: Casa Paraíso Azul (guest houses & hostels); 13660 m at 148°: Train (historic & heritage); 13890 m at 146°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 13900 m at 143°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals).

Cayo Palomino: marine life records

2 records of 2 species within 10 km, 2010 to 2024: 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 fish. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Sula sula, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pterois, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Palomino: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.