The Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago is a chain of more than 2,500 cays and islets off the north-central Atlantic coast of Cuba, spanning the provinces of Matanzas, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey. It stretches roughly 465 to 475 kilometers from northwest to southeast, covering more than 8,311 square kilometers, bounded by the Nicholas Channel and the Old Bahama Channel. Its eastern section includes the Jardines del Rey group, home to the well-known cays of Cayo Coco, Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Romano. In 1997 the archipelago was designated a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area, the second such designation in the world after the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and it now holds 22 protected natural areas.
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The Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey) (SCA) is an archipelago off Cuba's north-central Atlantic coast of the provinces of Matanzas, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey, and is bounded to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, specifically the Nicholas Channel...
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