Cays & islands · Pinar del Río
Cayo Restinga del Palo
Cayo Restinga del Palo is a cay at 22°43′00″N 84°00′00″W in Pinar del Río province.
Cayo Restinga del Palo: coast and water
1710 m at 90°: Fondeadero El Quebrado (anchorage); 2370 m at 258°: Punta Jutías (point); 2520 m at 43°: Pasa San Pedro (channel); 4090 m at 205°: Pasa Jutías (channel); 5560 m at 180°: Punta Batea (point); 5810 m at 163°: Ensenada de las Cuchillas (cove); 6330 m at 54°: Bajo Malas Aguas (shoal); 6520 m at 148°: Canal Santa Lucía (channel).
Cayo Restinga del Palo: islands
5040 m at 137°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 5040 m at 137°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 8710 m at 221°: Cayo Pimienta (island); 9160 m at 83°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 15940 m at 75°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 17080 m at 244°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 22220 m at 71°: Cayo Largo (island); 22240 m at 71°: Cayo Prieto (island); 24570 m at 69°: Cayo Redondo (island); 25650 m at 69°: Cayos Legua (island group); 25760 m at 76°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (island); 27440 m at 69°: Cayo Pescador (island).
Cayo Restinga del Palo: inland
6520 m at 148°: Las Yaguas (hamlet); 7560 m at 137°: Santa Lucia (airfield); 7610 m at 167°: Las Tunas (locality); 7610 m at 167°: Paso de Dios (locality); 8160 m at 205°: Río Nombre de Dios (stream); 9020 m at 145°: La Sabana (hamlet).
Cayo Restinga del Palo: distances
7280 m at 149°: Santa Lucía; 15840 m at 161°: Minas de Matahambre; 22640 m at 229°: Playa Alejo; 158990 m at 128°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 131640 m at 76°: Port of Mariel (port); 135860 m at 226°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Protected: 26200 m at 123°: Parque Nacional Viñales.
Cayo Restinga del Palo: close by
0 m at 0°: Médano de Jutías (reef); 940 m at 327°: Cayo Médano (cay); 3400 m at 251°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 4080 m at 25°: Arrecifes de Los Colorados (reef); 5040 m at 137°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 5040 m at 137°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 7230 m at 34°: Cabezo El Tingo (reef); 8710 m at 221°: Cayo Pimienta (cay); 9160 m at 83°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 15940 m at 75°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 17080 m at 244°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 22220 m at 71°: Cayo Largo (cay).
Cayo Restinga del Palo: on and around
Within 15 km: 17 guest houses & hostels, 7 stores & supermarkets, 7 factories & works, 5 schools, 4 urban parks & plazas, 4 mines & quarries, 2 marinas, 2 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints, 2 places of worship.
5850 m at 145°: Puerto Santa Lucía (marinas); 5910 m at 145°: Santa Lucia (marinas); 6050 m at 146°: Teminal Santa Lucia (stations & terminals); 6060 m at 146°: Parque de Santa Lucía (urban parks & plazas); 6130 m at 155°: La Ceniza (mines & quarries); 6180 m at 147°: Área de Festejo (urban parks & plazas); 6180 m at 149°: Villa Amanecer (guest houses & hostels); 6240 m at 247°: Punta César y Ella (attractions); 6240 m at 141°: Balcon al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 6270 m at 142°: El Palmar (guest houses & hostels); 6320 m at 148°: José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 6700 m at 152°: Campo de Fútbol (stadiums & sport); 7510 m at 142°: Paladar Rosymar (cuban cuisine & lechón).
Cayo Restinga del Palo: marine life records
45 records of 34 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2023: 16 fish, 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae, 5 corals, 4 crustaceans, 3 echinoderms, 1 molluscs. That is 14.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Lytechinus variegatus, 2 (echinoderms); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Acyrtops beryllinus, 2 (fish); Dactyloscopus poeyi, 2 (fish); Calidris minutilla, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 1 (seagrass and algae); Euthynnus alletteratus, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Restinga del Palo: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
Getting to Cayo Restinga del Palo
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías stands about 2.3 km away.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías 2 stands about 2.3 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.