Canarreos Archipelago
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Canarreos Archipelago is an archipelago of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba 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. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

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It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....

, at 21.6394444°N 82.2361111°W. It is bordered to the east by the Gulf of Cazones
Gulf of Cazones
Gulf of Cazones is a large gulf in southern Cuba. It is located at , south of provinces of Matanzas and Cienfuegos....

, to the north by the Gulf of Batabano
Gulf of Batabanó
The Gulf of Batabanó , also called the Batabanó Gulf, is an inlet or strait off southwestern Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, separating mainland Cuba from the Isle of Youth...

 and to the west by the Los Indios Channel.

It comprises roughly 350 islets, and is almost as long as the Florida Keys
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...

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The largest island of the archipelago is Isla de la Juventud, the second largest is Cayo Largo del Sur
Cayo Largo del Sur
Cayo Largo del Sur, also known simply as Cayo Largo, cayo largo means largo island, is a small resort island belonging to Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea no more than long and wide...

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