List of islands of Cuba
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This is a list of islands of Cuba. Cuba consists of 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the country's main island, a lot of which make up 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.[2]

Name | Image | Location | Area | Notes | |
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km2 | sq mi | ||||
Banco Sancho Pardo | Colorados Archipelago | ||||
Cayo Alacranes | Colorados Archipelago | ||||
Cayo Alcatraz | Jardines de la Reina | ||||
Cayo Algodon Grande | Jardines de la Reina | 3.70 | 1.43 | ||
Cayo Anclitas | Jardines de la Reina | 4.50 | 1.74 | ||
Cayo Breton | Jardines de la Reina | 6.70 | 2.59 | ||
Cayo Buenavista | Colorados Archipelago | ||||
Cayo Caballones | Jardines de la Reina | 16.50 | 6.37 | ||
Cayo Cabeza Del Este | Jardines de la Reina | 6.36 | 2.46 | ||
Cayo Caguamas | Jardines de la Reina | 7.86 | 3.03 | ||
Cayo Coco | ![]() |
Jardines del Rey | 370 | 140 | [3] |
Cayo Confites | Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago | Nearest point of Cuba to The Bahamas (Cay Lobos): 14 mi (22.5 km) | |||
Cayo Cruz del Padre | Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago | ||||
Cayo De Las Doce Leguas | Jardines de la Reina | 26.80 | 10.35 | ||
Cayo Esquivel | Jardines del Rey | ||||
Cayo Fragoso | Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago | 101 | 39 | ||
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 | The second-largest island in the Canarreos Archipelago; approximately 25 kilometers (16 mi) long and 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) wide. | ||
Cayo Las Brujas | ![]() |
Ciego de Ávila Province | |||
Cayo Levisa | ![]() |
Colorados Archipelago | 1.5 | 0.58 | [4] |
Cayo Punta Arenas | Colorados Archipelago | ||||
Cayo Rapado Grande | Colorados Archipelago | ||||
Cayo Romano | Jardines del Rey | 777 | 300 | The largest island in Jardines del Rey; .[5] | |
Cayo Sabinal | Jardines del Rey | 335 | 129 | [6] | |
Cayo Saetia | ![]() |
Jardines del Rey | 42 | 16 | |
Cayo Santa María | Jardines del Rey | 21.4 | 8.3 | This island is a popular tourist destination. | |
Cayos Ana Maria | Jardines de la Reina | 14.76 | 5.70 | In 2012 it had a population of 10. | |
Cayos Cinco Balas | Jardines de la Reina | 13.50 | 5.21 | ||
Cayos Granada | Jardines de la Reina | 16.63 | 6.42 | ||
Cayos Media Luna | Jardines de la Reina | 7.10 | 2.74 | ||
Cayos Mordazo | Jardines de la Reina | 9.30 | 3.59 | ||
Cayos Pingues | Jardines de la Reina | 20.46 | 7.90 | ||
Cayos Punta Tabaco | Colorados Archipelago | ||||
Ernst Thälmann Island | Canarreos Archipelago | Formerly Cayo Blanco del Sur, this 15 km-long (9.3 mi), 500-metre-wide (1,600 ft) island is named after Ernst Thälmann, a German Communist politician and activist. | |||
Isla de la Juventud | ![]() |
Canarreos Archipelago | 2,200 | 850 | Cuba's second-largest island, and the largest among Canarreos Archipelago's 350 islands. Located almost directly south of Havana, its population is approximately 76,000. |
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