Cayo Palomo

Cayo Palomo: coast and water

5340 m at 6°: Ensenada El Fogón (cove); 5450 m at 122°: Ensenada de Cayo La Muerte (cove); 8510 m at 51°: Punta Empalizada (point); 9770 m at 210°: Playa El Patabán (beach); 10010 m at 222°: Boca La Manuy (inlet); 10130 m at 329°: Canalizo El Sombrero (channel); 10200 m at 12°: Pasa Cruz del Padre (channel); 10510 m at 98°: Punta La Sevilla (point).

Cayo Palomo: islands

1020 m at 175°: Cayo Factor (island); 2190 m at 23°: Cayo Dama (island); 2290 m at 28°: Cayo Melón (island); 5160 m at 158°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 5370 m at 344°: Cayo el Sombrero (island); 6370 m at 177°: Cayo Genovés (island); 8160 m at 56°: Cayo Boca Rompida (island); 8940 m at 316°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group); 9450 m at 88°: Cayo Cedro (island); 11760 m at 230°: Cayuelo Grande (island); 11860 m at 228°: Cayos de la Manuy (island group); 15150 m at 106°: Cayo Portillo (island).

Cayo Palomo: inland

14800 m at 203°: Río del Júcaro (stream); 17080 m at 180°: El Corojo (locality); 17320 m at 135°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 18520 m at 148°: Casualidad (hamlet); 18940 m at 157°: Guerrero (locality); 19480 m at 143°: Menéndez (locality).

Cayo Palomo: distances

15240 m at 145°: Playa Musulmanes; 19040 m at 128°: Salinas La Teja; 21260 m at 120°: Salinas Bidos; 55030 m at 253°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 67900 m at 258°: Port of Matanzas (port); 21600 m at 264°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 11150 m at 310°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 23650 m at 273°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 23880 m at 273°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Palomo: close by

600 m at 47°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 660 m at 176°: Cayo Perro (cay); 870 m at 49°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay); 1010 m at 175°: Cayo Factor (cay); 2090 m at 336°: Cayo Vara (cay); 2190 m at 23°: Cayo Dama (cay); 2290 m at 28°: Cayo Melón (cay); 2770 m at 73°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 2840 m at 70°: Cayo Partido (cay); 4750 m at 114°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 4900 m at 240°: Cayo Machito (cay); 4910 m at 240°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (cay).

Cayo Palomo: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 1 attractions, 1 parks & reserves.

8070 m at 280°: Delfinario aguas abiertas Rancho Cangrejo (attractions); 11150 m at 310°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo (parks & reserves).

Cayo Palomo: marine life records

53 records of 44 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2025: 33 molluscs, 8 marine mammals, 4 fish, 4 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 16.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 8 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Tonna pennata, 1 (molluscs); Melampus monile, 1 (molluscs); Xiphias gladius, 1 (fish); Melampus bidentatus, 1 (molluscs); Dendropoma corrodens, 1 (molluscs); Johnsonella fausta, 1 (molluscs); Pusula pediculus, 1 (molluscs); Fissurella barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Eoacmaea pustulata, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Mar 2, Apr 1, Jul 1, Aug 2, Dec 2.

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

Cayo Palomo: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Palomo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 11 km away.