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    Canarreos Archipelago

    The Canarreos Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de los Canarreos) is an archipelago off the southwestern coast of the main island of Cuba.

    Astronaut photo of w:Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba.
    Astronaut photo of w:Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba.

    ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. / Public domain

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    39 landforms

    Overview

    The Canarreos Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de los Canarreos) is an archipelago off the southwestern coast of the main island of Cuba. Of its approximately 350 islands and islets, only the largest two—Isla de la Juventud and Cayo Largo del Sur—have been developed, leaving the rest's "mangrove forests, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and coastal wetlands" unspoiled, thus providing habitats, breeding sites and migratory stops for many species.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands1
    • Minor islands15
    • Islets22
    • Rocks & skerries1

    Major islands

    1
    • Isla de la Juventud

      Isla de la Juventud

      Area
      2,198 km²
      High point
      303 m

      Isla de la Juventud (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈizla ðe la xuβenˈtuð]; lit. '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, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Island).

    Minor islands

    15

    • Cayo Largo del Sur

      Area
      37 km²
      High point
      14 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      1.7 km²
      High point
      7 m

    • Cayo Rico

      Area
      1.6 km²
      High point
      5 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.91 km²
      High point
      7 m

    • Cayeria los Majáes

      Area
      0.82 km²
      High point
      6 m

    • Cayo Piedra

      Area
      0.8 km²
      High point
      6 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.68 km²
      High point
      7 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.34 km²
      High point
      6 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.27 km²
      High point
      8 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.24 km²
      High point
      4 m

    • Cayo Iguana

      Area
      0.2 km²
      High point
      6 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.19 km²
      High point
      13 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.13 km²
      High point
      7 m

    • Unnamed island

      Area
      0.12 km²
      High point
      6 m

    • Cayo Guano

      Area
      0.11 km²
      High point
      5 m

    Islets

    22
    • Unnamed island5 m · 0.08 km²
    • Unnamed island5 m · 0.07 km²
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.07 km²
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.05 km²
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island2 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.02 km²
    • Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos5 m · 0.02 km²

    Rocks & skerries

    1
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level100 m200 m300 m400 m303 mIsla de la Juventud14 mCayo Largo del Sur6 mCayeria los Majáes6 mCayo Piedra6 mCayo Iguana5 mCayo Rico5 mCayo Guano5 mCayo Hijo de los Ballenatos2 mCayo Guano del Este
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.00010.0010.010.11101001,00010,000Isla de la Juventud: 2,198 km²Isla de la Juvent…Cayo Largo del Sur: 37 km²Cayo Largo del SurUnnamed island: 1.7 km²Unnamed islandCayo Rico: 1.6 km²Cayo RicoUnnamed island: 0.91 km²Unnamed islandCayeria los Majáes: 0.82 km²Cayeria los MajáesCayo Piedra: 0.8 km²Cayo PiedraUnnamed island: 0.68 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.34 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.27 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.24 km²Unnamed islandCayo Iguana: 0.2 km²Cayo IguanaUnnamed island: 0.19 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.13 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.12 km²Unnamed islandCayo Guano: 0.11 km²Cayo GuanoUnnamed island: 0.08 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.07 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.07 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandCayo Hijo de los Ballenatos: 0.02 km²Cayo Hijo de los …Unnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.9 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.8 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandCayo Guano del Este: 0.7 haCayo Guano del Es…Unnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Isla de la Juventud2,198 km²
    Cayo Largo del Sur37 km²
    Unnamed island1.7 km²
    Cayo Rico1.6 km²
    Unnamed island0.91 km²
    Cayeria los Majáes0.82 km²
    Cayo Piedra0.8 km²
    Unnamed island0.68 km²
    Unnamed island0.34 km²
    Unnamed island0.27 km²
    Unnamed island0.24 km²
    Cayo Iguana0.2 km²
    Unnamed island0.19 km²
    Unnamed island0.13 km²
    Unnamed island0.12 km²
    Cayo Guano0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.08 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.07 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Cayo Hijo de los Ballenatos0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Unnamed island0.8 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Cayo Guano del Este0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Overlapping groups

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs