Cays & islands · Las Tunas
Cayo Puto
Cayo Puto is a cay at 21°31′06″N 77°16′09″W in Las Tunas province.
Cayo Puto: coast and water
580 m at 261°: Ensenada el Gremio (cove); 1210 m at 24°: Ensenada Inferior (cove); 2190 m at 29°: Estero Ginferrer (cove); 2920 m at 60°: Punta Guincho (point); 3720 m at 93°: Bajo Punta Mulas (shoal); 4750 m at 318°: Egidos de Nuevitas (estuary); 6420 m at 39°: Canal de Tarafa (channel); 6450 m at 154°: Ensenada Desengaño (cove); 6650 m at 9°: Bahía Número Uno (bay); 7150 m at 103°: Bahía de Nuevitas (bay); 7420 m at 135°: Punta Mula (point); 9290 m at 135°: Punta Granadillo (point); 9570 m at 189°: Fundo del Hato de Nuevitas de Becerra (estuary); 10300 m at 79°: Bajo Estrella (shoal); 12860 m at 109°: Boca Grande (cove); 13480 m at 159°: Fundo del Hato de Nuevitas (estuary).
Cayo Puto: islands
5500 m at 86°: Cayo Ballenato Chico (island group); 6740 m at 85°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 8340 m at 80°: Cayo Ballenato Grande (island group).
Cayo Puto: inland
1280 m at 212°: Río Saramaguacán (stream); 2460 m at 311°: La Cuarenta y Dos (settlement); 2740 m at 11°: Club Amigo Mayanabo (hotel); 2940 m at 9°: Nuevitas (town); 3210 m at 298°: Alambre de Púas (settlement); 5030 m at 219°: La Redonda (locality); 5120 m at 46°: Almacenes (locality); 5180 m at 173°: Playa Bagá (settlement); 5190 m at 289°: La Caridad (locality); 5190 m at 289°: El Diluvio (hamlet); 5230 m at 336°: San Jacinto (settlement); 5240 m at 266°: La Amalia (settlement).
Cayo Puto: distances
1680 m at 9°: Playa Santa Rita; 2490 m at 11°: Nuevitas; 3860 m at 180°: Playa Baga; 60890 m at 260°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 3650 m at 15°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 186440 m at 310°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 6630 m at 84°: Refugio de la Fauna; 7070 m at 82°: Reserva Natural Los Ballenatos; 15230 m at 66°: Refugio de la Fauna.
Cayo Puto: close by
2150 m at 12°: Empresa Pesquera Nuevitas (fishing); 3820 m at 53°: Sitio Arqueológico "La Vigía" (site); 4320 m at 53°: Sitio Arqueológico "Pueblo Viejo" (site); 4520 m at 57°: Sitio Arqueológico "El Soberano" (site); 5480 m at 86°: Cayo Ballenato Pequeño (cay); 5500 m at 86°: Cayo Ballenato Chico (island group); 5680 m at 19°: El Barco Hundido (reef); 5900 m at 24°: Puerto Tarafa (fishing); 6660 m at 11°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 6740 m at 85°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 6820 m at 110°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 7080 m at 67°: Antiguo Espigón (fishing).
Cayo Puto: on and around
Within 15 km: 93 clinics & polyclinics, 56 stores & supermarkets, 49 trails & viewpoints, 48 farms & plantations, 34 schools, 31 urban parks & plazas, 31 guest houses & hostels, 23 factories & works, 19 government & embassies, 17 historic & heritage.
750 m at 21°: Sitio Historico del Desembarco del Yaloven (historic & heritage); 770 m at 23°: Parquecito Santa Rita (urban parks & plazas); 1550 m at 10°: Baloncesto 🏀 (stadiums & sport); 1640 m at 11°: Restos del Antiguo Malecón (historic & heritage); 1670 m at 10°: Motel "Cuatro Vientos" (guest houses & hostels); 1750 m at 10°: Casa de Renta (guest houses & hostels); 1930 m at 11°: Anfiteatro del Palacio de Pioneros 🎭 (theatres & arts); 2010 m at 346°: Guagua de los Médicos (stations & terminals); 2060 m at 15°: Empresa Pesquera Nuevitas (stations & terminals); 2130 m at 10°: Santa Rita (2km) (trails & viewpoints); 2140 m at 8°: Parquecito del Hotel (urban parks & plazas); 2170 m at 9°: Monumento Al Desembarco del Yaloven (2km) (trails & viewpoints); 2290 m at 13°: Casa Particular (guest houses & hostels).
Cayo Puto: marine life records
23 records of 21 species within 10 km, 1994 to 1994: 13 crustaceans, 9 fish, 1 corals. That is 7.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Exosphaeroma productatelson, 2 (crustaceans); Uromunna caribea, 2 (crustaceans); Paraimene ibarzabalae, 1 (crustaceans); Dynamenella nuevitas, 1 (crustaceans); Oreochromis mossambicus, 1 (fish); Limnoria platycauda, 1 (crustaceans); Discosoma carlgreni, 1 (corals); Sphaeroma terebrans, 1 (crustaceans); Excorallana berbicensis, 1 (crustaceans); Centropomus undecimalis, 1 (fish); Limia vittata, 1 (fish); Strongylura timucu, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Puto: notes
Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.
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.