Cayo Palomo

Cayo Palomo: coast and water

6850 m at 174°: Playa Blanca (beach); 6850 m at 253°: Ensenada Garrafón (cove); 8380 m at 158°: Laguna del Noy (lagoon); 10360 m at 296°: Punta La Ca (point); 12610 m at 332°: Punta La Quebrada (point); 12680 m at 290°: Ensenada de Playa Judío (cove); 14870 m at 130°: Playa el Muerto Cayo Romano (beach); 19800 m at 203°: Ensenada de Correa (cove).

Cayo Palomo: islands

1820 m at 278°: Cayo Corúa (island); 1970 m at 170°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 2930 m at 240°: Cayo Los Machos (island); 3580 m at 166°: Cayo Policarpio (island); 7390 m at 289°: Cayo Solo (island); 7490 m at 307°: Cayo Cabrón (island); 8220 m at 297°: Cayo Alegre (island); 9650 m at 142°: Cayo Grillo (island); 14290 m at 174°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet); 15520 m at 292°: Cayo San Esteban (island); 15750 m at 331°: Playa Cayo Cruz (islet); 20980 m at 178°: Jibaro (island group).

Cayo Palomo: inland

13280 m at 127°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 14320 m at 330°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 14550 m at 330°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 15160 m at 303°: Alto del Ají (hill); 18910 m at 135°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 19200 m at 142°: Versalles (settlement).

Cayo Palomo: distances

10950 m at 231°: Cayo Romano; 30160 m at 219°: Playa Jigüey; 30990 m at 250°: Playa Guaney; 70000 m at 302°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 81880 m at 142°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 106850 m at 299°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Palomo: close by

40 m at 208°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 1150 m at 171°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 1630 m at 174°: Cayo El Santo (cay); 1820 m at 278°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 1970 m at 169°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 2930 m at 240°: Cayo Los Machos (cay); 3000 m at 168°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 3580 m at 166°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 3890 m at 230°: Cayo Las Bocainas (cay); 4780 m at 187°: Cayo Punta La Cera (cay); 5210 m at 166°: Cayo Largo (cay); 5490 m at 159°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay).

Cayo Palomo: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs, 3 stores & supermarkets, 1 police & fire, 1 attractions, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 fuel stations, 1 peaks & volcanoes.

13540 m at 330°: Delfinario (attractions); 13770 m at 329°: Puerto Deportivo (marinas); 14020 m at 329°: Iguana (historic & heritage); 14960 m at 136°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Palomo: marine life records

6 records of 6 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2026: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 1.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Panulirus argus, 1 (crustaceans); Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Lucina columbella, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Palomo: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Palomo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 11 km away.