Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila

Cayo Pilón

Satellite view of Cayo Pilón, Cuba
Cayo Pilón (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Pilón is a cay at 21°31′09″N 78°46′34″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 21.51915, -78.7761721°31′09″N 78°46′34″W

Cayo Pilón: coast and water

550 m at 172°: Pasa de los Motores (channel); 790 m at 332°: Pasa de Tierra (channel); 2480 m at 16°: Pasa Campito (channel); 10530 m at 22°: Ensenada Sabanalamar (bay); 11060 m at 194°: Bajo Mégano Blanco (shoal); 13590 m at 319°: Punta Burro (point); 14790 m at 309°: Estero Carapacho (cove); 14830 m at 209°: Cabezo Gruñidor (shoal).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Pilón
Cayo Pilón, wider

Cayo Pilón: islands

4620 m at 261°: Cayos Ana María (islet); 4790 m at 165°: Cayo Providencia (island); 5950 m at 174°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 6770 m at 243°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 7330 m at 226°: Cayo Guásimas (island); 7880 m at 160°: Cayo Caoba (island); 8550 m at 44°: Cayo La Salina (island); 8610 m at 245°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 11510 m at 173°: Cayo Punta de los Machos (island); 11550 m at 287°: Cayo Obispo (island); 11620 m at 278°: Cayo Obispito (island); 14670 m at 196°: Cayo Pájaro (island).

Cayo Pilón: inland

14080 m at 68°: Quemado Nuevo (locality); 14540 m at 326°: Matadero (settlement); 15210 m at 337°: Ramón Reyes (locality); 16850 m at 78°: Pastel (locality); 17800 m at 323°: La Palma (hamlet); 17960 m at 2°: Jucarito (locality).

Cayo Pilón: distances

22510 m at 11°: Jagüeyal; 23950 m at 41°: Baraguá; 24340 m at 356°: Venezuela; 96670 m at 96°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 156860 m at 88°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 119070 m at 6°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Pilón: close by

1310 m at 82°: Cayo Campito (cay); 3130 m at 164°: Cayo La Gloria (cay); 3260 m at 337°: Cayo Joroba (cay); 3840 m at 283°: Cayo La Tea (cay); 4500 m at 63°: Cayo Muerto (cay); 4570 m at 64°: Cayo Campos (cay); 4620 m at 261°: Cayos Ana María (cay); 4720 m at 241°: Cayo Los Dos Hermanos (island group); 4790 m at 165°: Cayo Providencia (cay); 4940 m at 328°: Cayo Jorobita (cay); 5480 m at 294°: Cayo Laguna (cay); 5950 m at 174°: Cayo Ripiado (cay).

Cayo Pilón: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 marinas, 1 fuel stations, 1 stations & terminals.

13800 m at 325°: Marina Júcaro (marinas); 13980 m at 326°: Júcaro (stations & terminals).

Cayo Pilón: marine life records

1 records of 1 species within 10 km, 1922 to 1922: 1 marine mammals. That is 0.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Megaptera novaeangliae, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Pilón: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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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.

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