Cayo Palomo

Cayo Palomo: coast and water

1950 m at 21°: Ensenada del Jobabo (cove); 2740 m at 202°: Punta Andén (point); 4760 m at 91°: Boca de Cañate (channel); 5320 m at 341°: Canalizo Matahambre (channel); 5390 m at 223°: Playa de Punta Gorda (beach); 6670 m at 234°: Estero Las Glorias (cove); 7400 m at 324°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 7540 m at 346°: Ensenada de la Glorita (cove).

Cayo Palomo: islands

3090 m at 18°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 3110 m at 288°: Cayo Levisa (island); 5470 m at 348°: Cayo Bicho (island); 7560 m at 355°: Cayo del Cristo (island); 8560 m at 312°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 8790 m at 127°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 9180 m at 105°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 10660 m at 287°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 11270 m at 302°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 12120 m at 319°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 13570 m at 271°: Cayo Bamba (island); 14060 m at 138°: Cayo Róbalo (island).

Cayo Palomo: inland

3650 m at 205°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 3830 m at 200°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 9070 m at 206°: Laguna del Dorado (pond); 9690 m at 192°: Palma Sola (locality); 12940 m at 223°: San Jorge (locality); 14250 m at 202°: Pastora de Alvárez (locality).

Cayo Palomo: distances

3610 m at 206°: Isabela de Sagua; 5390 m at 223°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 10410 m at 171°: Playa Colorado; 53260 m at 174°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 101740 m at 207°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 103290 m at 207°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 21870 m at 223°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Palomo: close by

350 m at 233°: Cayo Paloma (cay); 2870 m at 222°: Cayo Mendoza (cay); 2910 m at 200°: Vista al Mar (fishing); 3090 m at 18°: Cayo de la Cruz (cay); 3110 m at 288°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 3840 m at 76°: Cayo Mariposa (cay); 4200 m at 71°: Cayo Maravillas (cay); 4430 m at 109°: Cayo Hachuela (cay); 4980 m at 353°: Cayo Tunas (cay); 5470 m at 348°: Cayo Bicho (cay); 5570 m at 344°: Cayo Matahambre (cay); 5740 m at 336°: Cayo Iguana (cay).

Cayo Palomo: on and around

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

3000 m at 201°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 3090 m at 204°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 3330 m at 206°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 3760 m at 207°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Palomo: 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 Palomo: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Palomo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 7.4 km away.