Canarreos Archipelago () is an archipelago of
Cuba.
It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
, at . It is bordered to the east by the
Gulf of Cazones, to the north by the
Gulf of Batabano and to the west by the Los Indios Channel.
It comprises roughly 350 islets, and is almost as long as the
Florida Keys.
By far the largest island of the archipelago is
Isla de la Juventud, while the second largest is
Cayo Largo del Sur.
List of Islands
1) The Islands area and population data retrieved from the 2012 census.
See also
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Geography of Cuba
Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. Cuba's area is 110,860 km² (42,803 sq mi) including coastal and territorial waters with a land area of . This makes it the eighth-largest island country in the world. The main island (Cuba) has of ...
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List of Caribbean islands
Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are ref ...
References
Islands of Cuba
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