cayos

The Spaniards call these reefs "cayos," and we have altered the name to

Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor

Juan Ponce headed south and west, following a chain of elongated little islands,cayos.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

In the cayos of the island of Cuba, or Jardinillos del Rey y del Reyna, the whole coral rock lying above the surface of the water appeared to me to be fragmentary, that is, composed of broken blocks.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

It is remarkable that near the latter port, almost in the same meridian where, on the southern side of the island, are situated the shoals of Buena Esperanza and of Las doce Leguas, stretching as far as the island of Pinos, we find the commencement of the uninterrupted series of the cayos of the Old Channel, extending to the length of ninety-four leagues, from Nuevitas to Punta Icacos.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The water here is brackish while in other cayos it is quite fresh.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

It would be well if this chain of cayos which surrounds the island of Cuba were examined by geologists with the view of determining what may be attributed to the animals which still work at the bottom of the sea, and what belongs to the real tertiary formations, the age of which may be traced back to the date of the coarse limestone abounding in remains of lithophite coral.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The gypsum of the cayos opposite San Juan de los Remedios, on the northern coast of the island of Cuba, merits great attention.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The chain of breakers and cayos that bound the navigable part of the Old Channel towards the south leave between the channel and the coast of Cuba small basins without breakers, which communicate with several ports having good anchorage, such as Guanaja,

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The cayos are composed of rocks, and not of sands, and their smallness renders it extremely improbable that the pluvial waters should unite in a permanent lake.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

It is important to examine, in each of the cayos, on what this breccia reposes; whether it covers edifices of mollusca still living, or those secondary and tertiary rocks, which judging from the remains of coral they contain, seem to be the product of our days.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851