Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Salina
Cayo Salina is a cay at 22°27′16″N 78°36′24″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Salina: coast and water
8900 m at 28°: Canalizo del Perro (channel); 9960 m at 0°: Boca Cayo Toro (channel); 11960 m at 206°: Punta Caldera (point); 12390 m at 227°: Laguna de Jiguaní (lagoon); 12720 m at 206°: Laguna de la Caldera (lagoon); 13250 m at 340°: Canal de Guillermo (channel); 13510 m at 234°: Ensenada Jiguaní (cove); 14300 m at 239°: Boca Cadena (channel).
Cayo Salina: islands
4950 m at 122°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (islet); 5120 m at 120°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 8080 m at 7°: Cayo Toro (island); 11310 m at 349°: Cayos de Mangle Colorado (island group); 12260 m at 71°: Cayo Coco (islet); 14260 m at 322°: Cayo Güincho (island); 15420 m at 313°: Cayo Mortero (island); 15840 m at 112°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 16020 m at 307°: Cayos los Derramaderos (islet); 17000 m at 309°: Cayo de Piedra (island); 17140 m at 300°: Cayo El Sapo (island); 17210 m at 221°: Cayo El Toro (island).
Cayo Salina: inland
4730 m at 120°: El Mango (locality); 9820 m at 144°: Punta Blanca (airfield); 11410 m at 55°: Colonial Cayo Coco (hotel); 11410 m at 55°: Colonial Hotel (hotel); 13900 m at 345°: Melia Cayo Guillermo (hotel); 17070 m at 62°: Memories Caribe Beach Resort (hotel).
Cayo Salina: distances
25160 m at 231°: Kilo 9; 36240 m at 190°: Las Charcas; 36540 m at 231°: El Asiento; 28600 m at 88°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 171430 m at 126°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 15710 m at 338°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 9670 m at 70°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco.
Cayo Salina: close by
240 m at 87°: Cayo Botella (cay); 2670 m at 96°: Cayo Partido (cay); 2930 m at 264°: Cayo La Manuy (cay); 4940 m at 139°: Cayo Eusebio del Oeste (cay); 4960 m at 122°: Cayo Eusebio del Este (cay); 5120 m at 120°: Cayo Eusebio (cay); 8080 m at 7°: Cayo Toro (cay); 9330 m at 358°: Cayo Agua (cay); 9530 m at 4°: Cayo del Perro (cay); 10390 m at 334°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group); 10750 m at 319°: Cayo Botella (cay); 11320 m at 349°: Cayos de Mangle Colorado (island group).
Cayo Salina: on and around
Within 15 km: 3 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints, 1 parks & reserves, 1 marinas, 1 camp sites, 1 historic & heritage, 1 banks & exchange, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 surfing & kiteboarding.
9670 m at 70°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco (parks & reserves); 11950 m at 55°: Parque El Bagá (attractions); 13180 m at 343°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marinas); 13180 m at 343°: Delfinario (attractions); 13650 m at 342°: flamingo (attractions); 14230 m at 57°: Campismo Popular Cayo Coco (camp sites); 14250 m at 57°: El Indio (historic & heritage); 14790 m at 343°: Bowling (stadiums & sport).
Cayo Salina: marine life records
43 records of 27 species within 10 km, 2000 to 2025: 20 seabirds and shorebirds, 11 crustaceans, 5 molluscs, 2 other, 2 fish, 1 marine mammals, 1 echinoderms, 1 sponges. That is 13.7 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Leptuca leptodactyla, 4 (crustaceans); Aliger gigas, 3 (molluscs); Clibanarius tricolor, 3 (crustaceans); Egretta rufescens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Lithopoma phoebium, 1 (molluscs); Tringa melanoleuca, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Crocodylus acutus, 1 (other).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Apr 2, Jul 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Salina: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
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.