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The main island (Cuba), at 104,338 km 2 (40,285 sq mi), makes up most of the land area [1] and is the 17th-largest island in the world by land area. The island is 1,250 km (780 mi) long and 191 km (119 mi) across its widest points and 31 km (19 mi) across its narrowest points. [ 1 ]
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.
Isla de la Juventud [4] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈisla ðe la xuβenˈtuð]; English: Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Island). The island was called the Isle of Pines ...
Cuba, [c] officially the Republic of Cuba, [d] is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico ...
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south ...
The location of Cuba An enlargeable relief map of Cuba. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cuba: Cuba – island country in the Caribbean. It consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital.
Cayo Largo del Sur, or simply Cayo Largo ("Long Key”), is a small resort island in Cuba, off the south coast of the northwestern part of the main island in the Caribbean Sea. The cay is about 25 kilometers (16 mi) long and 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) wide and is the second largest island in the Canarreos Archipelago .