Caribbean islands Caribbean islands Anegada, is the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It lies approximately 15 miles north of Virgin Gorda. Anegada is the only one of the British Virgin Islands formed from coral and limestone, rather than being of volcanic origin. While the other islands are mountainous, Anegada is flat and low. Its highest point is only about 28 feet above sea level, earning it the name which translates as “the drowned land.” ...more on Wikipedia about "Anegada"
Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. It consists of 5 islands, with the capital, The Valley situated on the main island of Anguilla. The total area of the territory is 102 sq km, with a population of approximately 14,000 in 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anguilla"
Antigua is an island in the Caribbean, part of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. It has a population of about 68,000, of which over 24,000 live in the capital of St. John's, on the northwest coast. Antigua is located south of the country's other island, Barbuda. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antigua"
The Antilles now generally refers to the islands of the Caribbean except the Bahamas. A distinction is made between the " Greater Antilles" on the north of the sea, including Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola ( Haiti and Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico; and the " Lesser Antilles" on the east, forming the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, and the Venezuelan Islands—the Leeward as far as Dominica, the Windward as far as Trinidad, and the Venezuelan along the coast of South America. Because of their linguistic similarities with Spanish-speaking nations, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico are also considered part of Latin America. Geographically speaking the Antilles are part of North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antilles"
Aruba is an island in the Caribbean Sea, just a short distance north of the Venezuelan Paraguaná Peninsula, and it forms a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Unlike much of the Caribbean region, it has a dry climate and an arid, cactus-strewn landscape. This climate has helped tourism, however, as visitors to the island can reliably expect warm, sunny weather. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aruba"
Bajo Nuevo Bank, also called the Petrel Islands, is located in the western Caribbean Sea with a lighthouse on Bajo Nuevo Bank at . ...more on Wikipedia about "Bajo Nuevo Bank"
Barbados is an island nation located towards the east of the Caribbean Sea and in the west of the Atlantic Ocean, part of the eastern islands of the Lesser Antilles, with the nations of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines being its closest neighbours. The island is 430 km2 (166 square miles), and is primarily low-lying, with some higher areas in the island's interior. It is located 13° north of the Equator and 59° west of the Prime Meridian, about 434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of Venezuela. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbados"
Barbuda is an island in the Caribbean, part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. It has a population of about 1,500, most of whom live in the town of Codrington. Barbuda is located north of Antigua. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbuda"
Basse-Terre is the name of the western of the two largest islands of Guadeloupe. Population: 175,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Basse-Terre"
Bonaire is an island in the Netherlands Antilles, and as such, is a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Curaçao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. While English, Papiamento and Spanish are commonly spoken, the official language is Dutch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bonaire"
The British Virgin Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It consists of over 50 islands and cays located in the Caribbean, to the east of Jamaica. Originally part of the Dutch Empire, the Islands were acquired by England in 1672. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Virgin Islands"
Carriacou Island (or Carriouacou) in the Caribbean Sea, is the largest island of the Grenadines, an archipelago in the Windward Islands chain. The island is 13 sq. miles (34 sq. km), and a dependency of Grenada with a population of 4,595 (1991 census). ...more on Wikipedia about "Carriacou and Petite Martinique"
Caye Caulker is a small limestone coral island off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean Sea measuring about 5 miles (North to South) by less than 1 mile (East to West). The island gets its name from the practice of caulking or sealing the seams in wooden boats to make them watertight, due to the high number of shipwrights on the island. ("Caye Corker"; the alternative spelling of the name used by British cartographers has largely fallen into disuse). ...more on Wikipedia about "Caye Caulker"
The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the western Caribbean Sea comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cayman Islands" You've Got Questions. We've Got http://www.shortopedia.com.
Cayo Coco is an island in north east Cuba, well-known for it luxury all-inclusive hotels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cayo Coco"
List of Colonial Heads of the Windward Islands ...more on Wikipedia about "Colonial Heads of the Windward Islands"
The Republic of Cuba consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and various adjacent small islands. The name Cuba is said to be derived from the Taíno word cubanacán, meaning "a central place." It is located in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba is south of the eastern United States, and the Bahamas, west of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti, and east of Mexico. The Cayman Islands and Jamaica are south of eastern Cuba. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cuba"
Isla Culebra (Snake Island) is an island- municipality of Puerto Rico originally called Isla Pasaje and Isla de San Idelfonso. It is located approximately seventeen miles east of the Puerto Rican mainland, twelve miles west of St. Thomas and nine miles north of Vieques. The island is also known as Isla Chiquita (Little Island) and Ultima Virgen (Last Virgin). Culebra was first settled in 1880 by Cayetano Escudero Sanz. Residents of the island are known as Culebrenses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culebra, Puerto Rico"
Curaçao (pronounced [kura'são]) is an island in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. The isle is the largest and most populous of the three so-called ABC islands (for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) and belongs to the Netherlands Antilles, a self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Curaçao's capital is Willemstad. ...more on Wikipedia about "Curaçao"
This article describes the geography of Aruba. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of Aruba"
The reef-fringed Gonave Island is located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the Gulf of Gonave ( ). Made up of mostly limestone, the island of Gonave is 60 km (37 miles) long and 15 km (9 miles) wide and covers an area of 743 sq. km (287 sq. miles). The island is mostly barren and hilly with the highest point reaching 300 meters (984 feet). The rugged, barren, dry landscape prevents the cultivation of the land for agriculture and human population on the island is scarce. The island was once used as a base for pirates. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gonave Island" Fast http://www.shortopedia.com
Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands at about 196km2 and contains George Town, the capital. The towns on the island are referred to as "districts". Island is located at . ...more on Wikipedia about "Grand Cayman"
Guadeloupe consists of two islands separated by a salt river and whose combined shape resembles a butterfly. The western island is Basse-Terre and the eastern island is Grande-Terre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grande-Terre"
Great Camanoe is a small island located just north of Beef Island and northeast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which forms part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Camanoe"
The islands of the Caribbean Sea, collectively known as the West Indies are sorted by size and location into the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles. The Greater Antilles are Cuba, Jamaica, the island of La Hispaniola (composed of Haiti on the west side and the Dominican Republic on the east side) and Puerto Rico. By language, affinity and tradition, they are also considered part of Latin America ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Antilles" If you like you could tell us your opinion about http://www.shortopedia.com
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