Ernst Thälmann Island
The Ernst Thälmann Island (Spanish: Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann or Cayo Blanco del Sur; German: Ernst-Thälmann-Insel or Südliche weiße Insel) is a 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 500 m (1,600 ft) wide island in the Gulf of Cazones that is named after Ernst Thälmann, a German communist politician. During a 1970s state visit to the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), Fidel Castro made a promise that Cuba would donate an island to the East German government, and Cayo Blanco del Sur was renamed in a ceremony during a state visit by Erich Honecker. But after the reunification of Germany, when a German newspaper tried to visit the island, they were told this transfer had only been "symbolic".
Ernst Thälmann Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gulf of Cazones |
| Coordinates | 22°02′00″N 81°24′00″W |
| Area | 7.0 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Matanzas Province |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Ernst Thälmann island, seen off the south-western coast of Cuba
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