Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Piso
Cayo Piso is a cay at 22°30′41″N 78°47′22″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Piso: coast and water
2090 m at 176°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel); 3370 m at 208°: Canalizo del Abogado (channel); 4520 m at 84°: Punta Casola (point); 6540 m at 336°: Canalizo El Meganito (channel); 13560 m at 15°: Cabezo de Vaca (reef); 14500 m at 72°: Lagunato de la Caridad (lagoon); 15220 m at 209°: Ensenada Mamón (cove); 15550 m at 203°: Playa Mamón (beach).
Cayo Piso: islands
3490 m at 17°: Cayo La Cáscara (island); 5090 m at 24°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 5160 m at 317°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 5340 m at 97°: Cayo Cubera (island); 6380 m at 353°: Cayo Flores (island); 7820 m at 84°: Cayo Jutía (island); 8030 m at 49°: Cayos Los Secos de Mariquita (island); 9310 m at 31°: Hijo de Guillermito (island); 14620 m at 167°: Cayo Ladrones (island); 15670 m at 54°: Cayo Guillermo (island); 16360 m at 38°: Cayo Media Luna (island); 17930 m at 156°: Cayo Palomo (islet).
Cayo Piso: inland
15610 m at 52°: Cayo Guillermo (settlement); 15670 m at 54°: Gran Caribe villa cojimar (hotel); 16320 m at 209°: Mamón (locality); 16430 m at 61°: Melia Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 16490 m at 62°: Iberostar Daiquiri All Inclusive (hotel); 16690 m at 65°: Allegro Club Cayo Guillermo (hotel).
Cayo Piso: distances
22320 m at 182°: Kilo 9; 29910 m at 212°: Arroyo de Agua; 29910 m at 212°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 47690 m at 97°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 174470 m at 257°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 15160 m at 57°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 24150 m at 312°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 28050 m at 96°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 39190 m at 253°: Parque Nacional Caguanes.
Cayo Piso: close by
2680 m at 269°: Cayo Los Pargos (cay); 3410 m at 273°: Cayo Candela (cay); 3490 m at 17°: Cayo La Cáscara (cay); 4440 m at 61°: Cayo El Sapo (cay); 4510 m at 232°: Cayería La Baliza (island group); 5090 m at 24°: Cayo Contrabando (cay); 5160 m at 317°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 5330 m at 97°: Cayo Cubera (cay); 5330 m at 316°: Cayo Los Anegadizos (cay); 5900 m at 21°: Cayo Jején (cay); 5970 m at 280°: Cayo Partido (cay); 6380 m at 353°: Cayo Flores (cay).
Cayo Piso: on and around
Within 15 km: 6 stores & supermarkets, 4 salt works, 2 schools, 2 factories & works, 1 theatres & arts, 1 hospitals, 1 fuel stations, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 markets & malls, 1 banks & exchange.
14060 m at 177°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 14890 m at 192°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas).
Cayo Piso: marine life records
52 records of 33 species within 10 km, 2006 to 2025: 39 fish, 7 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 sharks and rays. That is 16.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 6 (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); Peristedion, 2 (fish); Johnsonina eriomma, 2 (fish); Bathycongrus thysanochilus, 1 (fish); Tringa melanoleuca, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Neoepinnula orientalis, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Piso: notes
A cay can lie inside a protected area.
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.