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There are over 4,000 islands and cays around Cuba, many of which are part of archipelagos. Off the south coast are two main archipelagos, Jardines de la Reina and the Canarreos Archipelago. The Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago runs along the northern coast and contains roughly 2,517 cays and islands.[1] The Colorados Archipelago is located off the north-western coast. The following is an incomplete list of the islands of Cuba.

Name Image Location Notes
Banco Sancho Pardo Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Alacranes Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Alcatraz Jardines de la Reina
Cayo Algodon Grande Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 3.70 km2.
Cayo Anclitas Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 4.50 km2.
Cayo Breton Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 6.70 km2.
Cayo Buenavista Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Caballones Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 16.50 km2.
Cayo Cabeza Del Este Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 6.36 km2.
Cayo Caguamas Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 7.86 km2.
Cayo Coco Jardines del Rey The island has a surface area of 370 km2.[2]
Cayo Cruz del Padre Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago
Cayo De Las Doce Leguas Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 26.80 km2.
Cayo Esquivel Jardines del Rey
Cayo Fragoso Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Cuba1" does not exist. Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago This island has a surface area of 101 km2.
Cayo Guajaba Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Cuba1" does not exist. Jardines del Rey
Cayo Guillermo Jardines del Rey There are 4 all-inclusive tourist resorts on the north side of this island.
Cayo Ines de Soto Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Jutías Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Largo del Sur Canarreos Archipelago This island is the second biggest Canarreos Archipelago being approximately 25 kilometers (16 mi) long and 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) wide.
Cayo Levisa Colorados Archipelago The total area of this island is about 1.5 km² (150 hectares).[3]
Cayo Punta Arenas Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Rapado Grande Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Romano Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Cuba1" does not exist. Jardines del Rey This island is the biggest in Jardines del Rey being 777 square kilometres (300 sq mi).[4]
Cayo Sabinal Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Cuba1" does not exist. Jardines del Rey The total area of this island is 335 km².[5]
Cayo Saetia Jardines del Rey Saetia has an area of 42 km2 (16 sq mi).
Cayo Santa María Colorados Archipelago This island is a popular tourist destination.
Cayos Ana Maria Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 14.76 km2. In 2012 it had a population of 10.
Cayos Cinco Balas Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 13.50 km2.
Cayos Granada Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 16.63 km2.
Cayos Media Luna Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 7.10 km2.
Cayos Mordazo Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 9.30 km2.
Cayos Pingues Jardines de la Reina This island has a total area of 20.46 km2.
Cayos Punta Tabaco Colorados Archipelago
Ernst Thälmann Island Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Cuba1" does not exist. Canarreos Archipelago Formerly Cayo Blancos del Sur, this 15 km long, 500 metre wide island is named after Ernst Thälmann, a German Communist politician and activist.
Isla de la Juventud Canarreos Archipelago This is Cuba's second-largest island having an area 2,200 km2 (850 sq mi) and is largest amount Canarreos Archipelago's 350 islands. It is located almost directly to the south of Havana. The population is approximately 100,000.

References

  1. ^ Mapping Interactivo (March 2005). "Mangroves variability in the Sabana-Camaguay Archipellago". Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  2. ^ Jardines del Rey on turismodecuba.com.ar Archived 2011-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bonanza World. "Hotel Villa Cayo Levisa - CUBACATION - Cuba Hotels, Book hotel in Cuba, Havana, Old Havana, Varadero, Trinidad, Santiago, Pinar del Río, Cienfuegos and Cayo Santa María, Cayo Largo, Cayo Las Brujas, Cayo Ensenachos and Cayo Coco with Cubacation". cubacation.net.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://guantanamobay.com/detail.php?id=1559
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