The Gulf of Batabanó (; ), also called the Batabanó Gulf, is an

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off southwestern

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in the

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, separating mainland Cuba from the Isle of Youth.

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The gulf's northern border begins at the southern coast of Cuba in

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and

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, ending at the Zapata Peninsula (), a length of about . The northeastern section of the gulf is also called Ensenada de la Broa. The gulf stretches south about to the Isle of Youth. The gulf is shallow–less than deep–and contains about 350 smaller islands of the

Canarreos Archipelago The Canarreos Archipelago () is an archipelago of Cuba. It is located south of the main island of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea, at . 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 ...

() besides the Isle of Youth. The gulf is a center of sponge fishing.

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