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]
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.
Cuba's second-largest island, and the largest among Canarreos Archipelago's 350 islands. Located almost directly south of Havana, its population is approximately 76,000.