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It has an area of 27 km 2 . [ 4 ] Its Taíno name is unknown. Columbus named this island Madama Beata . Catalina , very close to the southeastern coast. It has an area of 9.6 km 2 . [ 4 ] Its Taíno name was Iabanea [ 7 ] but some writers, including poets, say that it was called Toeya or Toella .