List of islands of Cuba

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	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.^[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	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	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	Jardines del Rey	Saetia has an area of 42 km² (16 sq mi).
Cayo Santa María	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	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.