<P> Cuba lies west of the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Gulf of Mexico, south of the Straits of Florida, northwest of the Windward Passage, and northeast of the Yucatán Channel . The main island (Cuba) makes up most of the land area 104,556 km (40,369 sq mi). </P> <P> The island is 1,250 km (780 mi) long and 191 km (119 mi) across its widest points and 31 km (19 mi) across its narrowest points . The largest island outside the main island is the Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) in the southwest, with an area of 2,200 km (850 sq mi). </P> <P> Cuba is located 77 km (48 mi) west of Haiti across the Windward Passage, 21 km (13 mi) south of the Bahamas, 150 km (93 mi) south of Florida, 210 km (130 mi) east of Mexico, and 140 km (87 mi) north of Jamaica . </P> <P> Cuba is the largest country by land area in the Caribbean . Its main island is the seventeenth - largest island in the world by land area . The island rises between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean . It is bordered on the north by the Straits of Florida, on the northeast by Nicholas Channel and the Old Bahama Channel . The southern part is bounded by the Windward Passage and the Cayman Trench, while the southwest lies in the Caribbean Sea . To the west, it reaches to the Yucatán Channel, and the northwest is open to the Gulf of Mexico . </P>

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