Cayo Palomo

Cayo Palomo: coast and water

3050 m at 236°: Ensenada de Buena Vista (bay); 4100 m at 99°: Boca de la Caldera (channel); 6020 m at 104°: Laguna de la Caldera (lagoon); 6170 m at 96°: Punta Caldera (point); 6680 m at 184°: Punta de Piedra (point); 8980 m at 286°: Punta Salina (point); 13500 m at 205°: Canal la Palma (channel); 14100 m at 116°: Laguna del Cerrillo (lagoon).

Cayo Palomo: islands

4810 m at 187°: Cayo Pájaro (islet); 5210 m at 177°: Cayo Mujeres (island); 14800 m at 135°: Isla de Turiguano (island); 17150 m at 2°: Cayo Jutía (island); 17930 m at 336°: Cayo Piso (island); 19140 m at 328°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 19620 m at 356°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 19730 m at 327°: Cayo Candela (island); 21360 m at 7°: Cayo Güincho (island); 21660 m at 346°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 21920 m at 35°: Cayo Toro (island); 22050 m at 11°: Cayo Valle Cobo (island).

Cayo Palomo: inland

6890 m at 289°: Máximo Gómez (settlement); 7790 m at 263°: Pozo Dulce (hamlet); 9030 m at 161°: Laguna La Fangosa (pond); 9970 m at 280°: Punta Alegre (settlement); 10150 m at 155°: Laguna la Glorieta (pond); 12350 m at 254°: La Constancia (hamlet).

Cayo Palomo: distances

9970 m at 233°: Kilo 9; 21360 m at 233°: El Asiento; 24910 m at 249°: Arroyo de Agua; 41470 m at 75°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 175520 m at 121°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 25130 m at 13°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 24460 m at 57°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.

Cayo Palomo: close by

870 m at 184°: Cayo Estilla (cay); 1200 m at 185°: Cayo Caimitos (cay); 1690 m at 329°: Cayo Yana (cay); 2390 m at 323°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 3040 m at 176°: Cayo El Toro (cay); 4510 m at 298°: Cayo Ladrones (cay); 4780 m at 197°: Cayo Haití (cay); 4810 m at 187°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 5200 m at 177°: Cayo Mujeres (cay); 9550 m at 282°: Base de Pesca Particular (fishing); 12930 m at 41°: Cayo La Manuy (cay); 14800 m at 135°: Isla de Turiguano (cay).

Cayo Palomo: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 4 schools, 4 salt works, 3 factories & works, 2 mines & quarries, 1 camp sites, 1 hospitals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 fuel stations, 1 markets & malls.

5390 m at 280°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites); 6930 m at 290°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 8810 m at 278°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 10720 m at 280°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).

Cayo Palomo: marine life records

54 records of 35 species within 10 km, 2015 to 2025: 35 fish, 11 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 sponges. That is 17.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Benthocometes robustus, 4 (fish); Zalieutes mcgintyi, 4 (fish); Malthopsis gnoma, 3 (fish); Benthobatis marcida, 3 (sharks and rays); Saurida caribbaea, 2 (fish); Verilus pseudomicrolepis, 2 (fish); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Peristedion, 2 (fish); Johnsonina eriomma, 2 (fish); Bathycongrus thysanochilus, 1 (fish); Neoepinnula orientalis, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Palomo: notes

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