List of islands of Cuba explained

This is a list of islands of Cuba. Cuba consists of 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the country's main island, many 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
Banco Sancho Pardo		Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Alacranes		Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Alcatraz		Jardines de la Reina
Cayo Algodon Grande		Jardines de la Reina	3.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Anclitas		Jardines de la Reina	4.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Breton		Jardines de la Reina	6.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Buenavista		Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Caballones		Jardines de la Reina	16.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Cabeza Del Este		Jardines de la Reina	6.36disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Caguamas		Jardines de la Reina	7.86disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Coco		Jardines del Rey	370disp=tableNaNdisp=table	^[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	26.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Esquivel		Jardines del Rey
Cayo Fragoso		Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago	101disp=tableNaNdisp=table
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	1.5km2	^[4]
Cayo Punta Arenas		Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Rapado Grande		Colorados Archipelago
Cayo Romano		Jardines del Rey	777km2	The largest island in Jardines del Rey; .^[5]
Cayo Sabinal		Jardines del Rey	335disp=tableNaNdisp=table	^[6]
Cayo Saetia		Jardines del Rey	42disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayo Santa María		Jardines del Rey	21.4disp=tableNaNdisp=table	This island is a popular tourist destination.
Cayos Ana Maria		Jardines de la Reina	14.76disp=tableNaNdisp=table	In 2012 it had a population of 10.
Cayos Cinco Balas		Jardines de la Reina	13.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayos Granada		Jardines de la Reina	16.63disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayos Media Luna		Jardines de la Reina	7.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayos Mordazo		Jardines de la Reina	9.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayos Pingues		Jardines de la Reina	20.46disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cayos Punta Tabaco		Colorados Archipelago
Ernst Thälmann Island		Canarreos Archipelago			Formerly Cayo Blanco del Sur, this 15km (09miles), 500adj=midNaNadj=mid island is named after Ernst Thälmann, a German Communist politician and activist.
Isla de la Juventud		Canarreos Archipelago	2200disp=tableNaNdisp=table	Cuba's second-largest island, and the largest among Canarreos Archipelago's 350 islands. Located almost directly south of Havana, its population is approximately 100,000.

See also

• List of Caribbean islands

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mangroves variability in the Sabana-Camaguay Archipellago. Mapping Interactivo. March 2005. 2007-10-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070808173224/http://www.mappinginteractivo.com/plantilla-ante.asp?id_articulo=874. 2007-08-08.
2. Web site: Cuban Islands. GeoNames. September 23, 2021.
3. http://www.turismodecuba.com.ar/jardines-del-rey.html Jardines del Rey on turismodecuba.com.ar
4. Web site: 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.. Bonanza World. cubacation.net. 2015-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922173610/http://www.cubacation.net/hotels/en/?show=Hotel+Villa+Cayo+Levisa. 2016-09-22. dead.
5. Web site: Geografia. PPrincipe Cult.Cuba . 2011-09-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110919205559/http://www.pprincipe.cult.cu/contactos/geografia.php . 2011-09-19 .
6. Web site: Guantanamo Bay . Guantanamo Bay . https://archive.today/20120714055728/http://guantanamobay.com/detail.php?id=1559 . 14 July 2012 . dead.