Diving & reefs · Ciego de Ávila
Bajo Palo Alto
Bajo Palo Alto is a reef at 21°33′43″N 78°58′19″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Bajo Palo Alto: coast and water
8980 m at 68°: Punta Carapacho (point); 12600 m at 64°: Punta Burro (point); 13370 m at 274°: Estero de Lara (inlet); 18150 m at 267°: Punta de Jatibonico (point); 20280 m at 102°: Pasa de Tierra (channel); 20710 m at 122°: Canal Balanadras (channel); 20970 m at 94°: Pasa Seca (channel); 22690 m at 153°: Bajo La Cabria de Punta Arenas (shoal); 23080 m at 61°: Canal Maniadero (channel); 24640 m at 78°: Ensenada Sabanalamar (bay); 24690 m at 265°: Estero La Limeta (inlet); 24910 m at 93°: Estero Isabelita (estuary); 26400 m at 266°: Estero Nuevo del Basto (inlet); 27290 m at 135°: Punta La Cana (point).
Bajo Palo Alto: islands
9280 m at 99°: Cayo Obispo (island); 13940 m at 123°: Cayo Flamenquito (island); 15070 m at 124°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 15700 m at 116°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 16200 m at 119°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 16600 m at 109°: Cayos Ana María (islet); 17610 m at 92°: Cayo Jorobita (island); 17960 m at 123°: Cayo Guásimas (island).
Bajo Palo Alto: inland
5310 m at 360°: Palo Alto (settlement); 10320 m at 349°: Iznaga (locality); 10520 m at 316°: Escribano (locality); 11850 m at 33°: Vaqueria Francisquito (ranch).
Bajo Palo Alto: distances
26850 m at 43°: Venezuela; 30050 m at 55°: Jagüeyal; 35550 m at 6°: Guayacanes; 108900 m at 284°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 165020 m at 294°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 107730 m at 281°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Bajo Palo Alto: close by
9280 m at 99°: Cayo Obispo (cay); 9280 m at 110°: Cayo Obispito (cay); 10990 m at 112°: Cayo Guinea (cay); 12740 m at 94°: Cayo Encantado (cay); 13940 m at 123°: Cayo Flamenquito (cay); 15070 m at 124°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 15430 m at 100°: Cayo Laguna (cay); 15700 m at 116°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 16190 m at 119°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 16600 m at 109°: Cayos Ana María (cay); 16950 m at 103°: Cayo La Tea (cay); 17560 m at 114°: Cayo Los Dos Hermanos (island group).
Bajo Palo Alto: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 factories & works, 1 marinas, 1 fuel stations, 1 stations & terminals.
13940 m at 62°: Marina Júcaro (marinas); 14100 m at 61°: Júcaro (stations & terminals).
Bajo Palo Alto: marine life records
1 records of 1 species within 10 km, 1943 to 1943: 1 marine mammals. That is 0.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Bajo Palo Alto: notes
A reef on a gazetteer is not always a dive site.
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.