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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, 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 | Notes |
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| 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 | 
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Jardines del Rey | The island has a surface area of 370 km2.[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 | This island has a total area of 26.80 km2. | |
| Cayo Esquivel | Jardines del Rey | ||
| Cayo Fragoso |   |
Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago | This island has a surface area of 101 km2. |
| Cayo Guajaba | |
Jardines del Rey | |
| Cayo Guillermo | 
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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 | 
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Colorados Archipelago | |
| Cayo Largo del Sur | 
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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 | 
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Ciego de Ávila Province | |
| Cayo Levisa | 
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Colorados Archipelago | The total area of this island is about 1.5 km2 (150 hectares).[4] |
| Cayo Punta Arenas | Colorados Archipelago | ||
| Cayo Rapado Grande | Colorados Archipelago | ||
| Cayo Romano | |
Jardines del Rey | The largest island in Jardines del Rey; 777 square kilometres (300 sq mi).[5] |
| Cayo Sabinal | |
Jardines del Rey | The total area of this island is 335 km2.[6] |
| Cayo Saetia | 
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Jardines del Rey | Saetia has an area of 42 km2 (16 sq mi). |
| Cayo Santa María | 
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Jardines del Rey | Santa María has an area of 21.4 km2 (8.3 sq mi). 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 | |
Canarreos Archipelago | Formerly Cayo Blanco 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 | 
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Canarreos Archipelago | Cuba's second-largest island, having an area of 2,200 km2 (850 sq mi); the largest among Canarreos Archipelago's 350 islands. Located almost directly south of Havana, its population is approximately 100,000. |
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N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies. ^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands. †Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically. ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia. #Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally. | |||||
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