Caribbean General Information and Helpful Links
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The Caribbean is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north and west of South America.
Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the area comprises more than 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. The West Indies consist of the Antilles, divided into the larger Greater Antilles which bound the sea on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), and the Bahamas. Bermuda lies much further to the north in the Atlantic Ocean and is in the West Indies.
The geography and climate in the Caribbean region varies from one place to another. Some islands in the region have relatively flat terrain of non-volcanic origin. Such islands include Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, the Cayman Islands or Anguilla. Others possess rugged towering mountain-ranges like the islands of Cuba, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Lucia and Trinidad.
The climate of the region mainly ranges between sub-tropical to tropical and depends a great deal upon location in proximity to the tradewinds from the Atlantic. The Tradewinds blow towards the Eastern Caribbean islands heading northwest up the chain of Windward islands.
When the tradewinds arrive close to the island of Cuba they tend to be overcome by other minor jet streams across the Caribbean region.
In the waters of the Caribbean Sea, the region can be found migratory large schools of fish, turtles and coral reef formations.
The Puerto Rico trench located on the fringe of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea just to the north of the island of Puerto Rico is said to be the deepest point in the entire Atlantic Ocean.
Present-day island territories of the Caribbean
Continental countries with Caribbean coastlines and islands
Belize
- Ambergris Caye
- Belize City
- Big Creek
- Caye Caulker
- Glover's Reef
- Hicks Cays
- Lighthouse Reef
- South Water Caye
- Turneffe Islands
Colombia
- Archipelago of San Andres and Providencia
- Barranquilla
- Cartagena
- Riohacha
- Santa Marta
Costa Rica 
French Guiana 
Guatemala 
Guyana
- Hog Island, Guyana
- Leguan Island
- Wakenaam
Honduras
- Cortés department
- Atlántida department
- Gracias a Dios department
- Islas de la Bahía Department
- Puerto Cortés
- Tela
- La Ceiba
- Trujillo
- La Mosquitia
- Puerto Lempira
- Guanaja
- Roatán
- Útila
- Cayos Cochinos
- Swan Islands
Mexico
Quintana Roo
Nicaragua
- Corn Islands
- Cayos Miskitos
Panama
- San Blas Islands Comprising of more than 1300 islands
- Bocas del Toro Archipielago with aproximately 300 islands
Suriname 
United States
Venezuela
- Isla Margarita
- Los Monjes Archipelago
- Las Aves Archipelago
- Isla de Aves
- Los Hermanos Island
- Los Frailes Island
- Los Roques Archipelago
- La Sola Island
- La Tortuga Island
- La Orchila Island
- Los Testigos Island
- La Blanquilla Island
- Isla de Patos
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