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Canarreos Archipelago

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Islands
  
Cayo Largo del Sur, Ernst Thälmann Island, Isla de la Juventud, Cayo Cantiles, Cayo del Rosario

Points of interest
  
Playa Sirena, Playa Paraiso Beach, Cayo Largo, Cuba, Playa Blanca Beach

Canarreos Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de los Canarreos) is an archipelago of Cuba.

Contents

Map of Archipielago de los Canarreos, Cuba

It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea, at 21°38′22″N 82°14′10″W. 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. The largest island of the archipelago is Isla de la Juventud, the second largest is Cayo Largo del Sur.

List of Islands

1) The Islands area and population data retrieved from the 2012 census.

References

Canarreos Archipelago Wikipedia