Cayo Verde

Cayo Verde: coast and water

6230 m at 195°: Estero Garzones (estuary); 11340 m at 241°: Playa Blanca (beach); 13660 m at 170°: Punta de Cocos (point); 14580 m at 259°: Punta Los Machos (point); 15570 m at 258°: Estero Macabí (estuary); 22110 m at 158°: Boca Guajaba (inlet); 22970 m at 161°: Punta Carenero (point); 25070 m at 307°: Punta La Tintorera (point).

Cayo Verde: islands

9460 m at 246°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (island); 10310 m at 266°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 10460 m at 271°: Cayo Guanalito (island); 17600 m at 289°: Cayo Cabrón (island); 18070 m at 166°: Cayo Anconcito (island); 18310 m at 178°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island); 18630 m at 286°: Cayo Alegre (island); 19180 m at 170°: Cayo La Espera (island); 19950 m at 255°: Cayo Romano (island); 22130 m at 207°: Jibaro (island group); 22910 m at 290°: Cayo Judío (island); 23070 m at 171°: Cayo La Alegría (island).

Cayo Verde: inland

6750 m at 180°: Punta El Inglés (locality); 12530 m at 168°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 22450 m at 307°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 22660 m at 308°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 25120 m at 157°: La Bodega (hamlet); 25190 m at 292°: Alto del Ají (hill).

Cayo Verde: distances

19970 m at 254°: Cayo Romano; 33330 m at 199°: Playa Guanaja; 36980 m at 233°: Playa Jigüey; 79800 m at 299°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 74710 m at 148°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 116850 m at 297°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Verde: close by

7580 m at 349°: Cayo Confites (cay); 7970 m at 217°: Cayo Grillo (cay); 7970 m at 216°: Cayo de los Grillos (cay); 9270 m at 227°: Cayo Noy (cay); 9470 m at 246°: Cayo Fogón de Piedra (cay); 9630 m at 239°: Cayo Madera (cay); 10020 m at 257°: Cayo Policarpio (cay); 10100 m at 248°: Cayo Largo (cay); 10180 m at 260°: Cayo Estanislao (cay); 10300 m at 266°: Cayo La Aguada (cay); 10460 m at 271°: Cayo Guanalito (cay); 10470 m at 268°: Cayo El Santo (cay).

Cayo Verde: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 coral reefs, 1 police & fire, 1 peaks & volcanoes.

9520 m at 181°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Verde: marine life records

210 records of 49 species within 10 km, 1906 to 2026: 138 fish, 66 corals, 1 marine mammals, 1 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles, 1 molluscs. That is 66.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 25 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 19 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish); Millepora complanata, 14 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 11 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 10 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 7 (fish); Cantherhines pullus, 7 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 6 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 5 (fish).

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

Cayo Verde: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Verde

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Confites stands about 7.8 km away.