Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Paredón Grande
Cayo Paredón Grande is a cay at 22°28′48″N 78°09′51″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Paredón Grande: coast and water
300 m at 319°: Faro Diego Velazquez (lighthouse); 5940 m at 139°: Punta El Barril (point); 9850 m at 263°: Pasa Quebrada el Queche (channel); 12370 m at 243°: Canal de Paredón Grande (channel); 14980 m at 144°: Punta Bopre (point); 15920 m at 245°: Canalizo Perico Díaz (channel); 20840 m at 288°: Punta Colorada (point); 21590 m at 285°: Laguna la Colorada (lagoon).
Cayo Paredón Grande: islands
2430 m at 194°: Cayo Paredón (islet); 7580 m at 231°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 10280 m at 131°: Cayo Antón Grande (island); 12050 m at 243°: Cayo Salado (island); 12110 m at 242°: Cayo Soldado (islet); 19360 m at 244°: Cayo Pancho la Vega (island); 21710 m at 218°: Cayo Guinea (island); 22560 m at 216°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 24290 m at 218°: Cayo Alto (island); 25830 m at 260°: Cayos Las Cayamas (island group); 28730 m at 129°: Cayo Norte (island); 29110 m at 164°: Cayo Iguana (island).
Cayo Paredón Grande: inland
20390 m at 287°: Melia Cayo Coco (hotel); 20620 m at 288°: Sol Cayo Coco (hotel); 21050 m at 287°: Emperador Laguna Villas and Resort (hotel); 21410 m at 287°: oasis playa coco (hotel); 21900 m at 267°: Vaciadero (locality); 23350 m at 279°: Cayo Coco (settlement).
Cayo Paredón Grande: distances
42380 m at 176°: Playa la Mula; 48950 m at 203°: Bolivia; 51470 m at 165°: Playa Guaney; 17020 m at 263°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 139220 m at 138°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 52750 m at 283°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 36370 m at 271°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.
Cayo Paredón Grande: close by
630 m at 291°: Cayo Paredón Pelado (cay); 1650 m at 79°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 1700 m at 78°: Roca Paredón (cay); 2430 m at 194°: Cayo Paredón (cay); 4200 m at 149°: Cayo Elías (cay); 4540 m at 224°: Cayo Los Santos (cay); 5000 m at 268°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (cay); 5010 m at 268°: Cayo Paredón del Medio (cay); 5010 m at 176°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 6850 m at 148°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 6850 m at 239°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 7590 m at 231°: Cayo del Medio (cay).
Cayo Paredón Grande: on and around
Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 1 marinas.
3100 m at 135°: Paredón pesca (marinas).
Cayo Paredón Grande: marine life records
315 records of 120 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2025: 168 fish, 53 corals, 47 seabirds and shorebirds, 19 echinoderms, 13 crustaceans, 5 sharks and rays, 5 molluscs, 3 seagrass and algae, 1 sponges, 1 marine mammals. That is 100.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 17 (corals); Millepora complanata, 16 (corals); Porites astreoides, 12 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 10 (fish); Sterna maxima, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus bahianus, 8 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Ophiura acervata, 7 (echinoderms); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 7 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 7 (fish).
Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 4; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 4, Mar 2, Nov 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Paredón Grande: notes
A cay can lie inside a protected area.
Getting to Cayo Paredón Grande
- By road: a causeway (pedraplén) reaches Cayo Paredón Grande, mapped in OpenStreetMap as Pedraplén de Cayo Paredón Grande.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Paredón Grande stands about 0.3 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.