List of islands of Cuba

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 km^2.
Cayo Anclitas		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 4.50 km^2.
Cayo Breton		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 6.70 km^2.
Cayo Buenavista		Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Caballones		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 16.50 km^2.
Cayo Cabeza Del Este		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 6.36 km^2.
Cayo Caguamas		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 7.86 km^2.
Cayo Coco		Jardines del Rey	The island has a surface area of 370 km^2.[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 km^2.
Cayo Esquivel		Jardines del Rey
Cayo Fragoso		Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago	This island has a surface area of 101 km^2.
Cayo Guajaba		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		Jardines del Rey	This island is the biggest in Jardines del Rey being 777 square kilometres (300 sq mi).[4]
Cayo Sabinal		Jardines del Rey	The total area of this island is 335 km².[5]
Cayo Saetia		Jardines del Rey	Saetia has an area of 42 km^2 (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 km^2. In 2012 it had a population of 10.
Cayos Cinco Balas		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 13.50 km^2.
Cayos Granada		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 16.63 km^2.
Cayos Media Luna		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 7.10 km^2.
Cayos Mordazo		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 9.30 km^2.
Cayos Pingues		Jardines de la Reina	This island has a total area of 20.46 km^2.
Cayos Punta Tabaco		Colorados Archipelago
Ernst Thälmann Island		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 km^2 (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
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. http://www.pprincipe.cult.cu/contactos/geografia.php
5. http://guantanamobay.com/detail.php?id=1559

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