The Caribbean

The Caribbean needs no introduction, is loved by all that’s been there and entices those that haven’t! It is basically the combination of the Caribbean Sea (over 2,700,000 km²), the West Indies Islands and coasts. It lies SE of the Gulf of Mexico, bounded by Mexico on the South and West, Central America, Antilles in the East and North and South America on the South.

The Caribbean coral reefs are mostly situated off the Central American coast and Caribbean Islands and cover about 50,000 km². Due to warming waters, almost half of the coral have whitened and due to economical importance, a Protocol of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region came in effect in 1986, helping to protect these homes-of-diverse-habitats. Caribbean Marine life includes turtles, coral reef, fish of every kind and more.

The Caribbean climate and weather is typically tropical but this holiday destination is also known, and respected, for its hurricanes. Winters are wonderfully dry and mild.

Caribbean geography varies and places such as Jamaica, St. Vincent and Trinidad, Dominica, Hispaniola, Cuba, Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts and St. Lucia, Puerto Rico and Grenada are quite mountainous. Others such as the Bahamas and Bonaire, Cayman Islands and Caicos Islands, Turks and Barbados plus Antigua are quite flat.

Caribbean Cuisine have African, French and Indian, Spanish and Amer-Indian influences and commonly enjoyed is ‘jerk’ meats (seasoned) and chicken, fried goat and duck, beans and rice.


Caribbean People and Tribes are:
Arawak
Kalinago
Ciboney
Galibi
Garifuna
Igneri
Lucayan
Taino
Ciguayo
Macorix


The Caribbean and its territories are:

Anguilla (British overseas territory)
Anguillita Island
Dog Island, Anguilla
East Cay
Little Scrub Island
Prickly Pear Cays
Sandy Island
Scrub Island
Seal Island (pronounced locally as "Sail Island")
Sombrero
West Cay
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua
Barbuda
Guiana Island
Great Bird Island
Lesser Bird Island
Prickly Pear Island
Redonda
Aruba (is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Bahamas
Abaco
Acklins Island
Andros
Bimini Islands
Cat Island
Crooked Island
Eleuthera
Grand Bahama
Great Abaco
Great Exuma
Great Inagua
Little San Salvador Island/Half Moon Cay
Long Island
Mayaguana
New Providence
Ragged Island
San Salvador Island
Barbados
Barbados
Culpepper Island
Pelican Island (Barbados) (now absorbed into Barbados)
British Virgin Islands (is a British overseas territory and shares the Virgin Islands with the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Anegada
Beef Island
Bellamy Cay
Carvel Rock
Cockroach Island
Cooper Island
Dead Chest Cay
Diamond Cay
Dog Islands
Drowned Island
East Seal Dog Island
Eustatia Island
Fallen Jerusalem Island
Frenchmans Cay
Grouge Dog Island
Ginger Island
Great Camanoe
Great Dog Island
Great Thatch
Great Tobago Island
Green Cay
Guana Island
Jost Van Dyke
Cay
Little Anegada
Little Camanoe
Little Cay
Little Jost Van Dyke
Little Seal Dog Island
Little Thatch
Little Tobago
Little Wickmans Cay
Marina Cay
Mosquito Island
Nanny Cay
Necker Island
Norman Island
Old Jerusalem Island
Oyster Rock
Pelican Island (British Virgin Islands)
Peter Island
Prickly Pear Island
Saba Rock
Salt Cay
Sandy Cay
Scrub Island
Spanish Island
Tortola
Virgin Gorda
West Dog Island
Cayman Islands (is a British overseas territory)
Cayman Brac
Grand Cayman (with the capital George Town)
Little Cayman
Cuba
Cuba
Isla de la Juventud
Cayo Largo del Sur
Cayo Buenavista
Cayo Ines de Soto
Cayo Levisa
Cayo Cruz del Padre
Cayo Punta Arenas
Cayo Blancos del Sur
Cayo Santa Maria
Cayo Fragoso
Cayo Esquivel
Cayo Guillermo
Cayo Coco
Cayo Romano
Cayo Guajaba
Cayo Saetia
Many other small cays and islets.
Dominica
Bird Island (disputed territory with Venezuela located about 110 km (70 mi) west of the island of Dominica)
Grenada (who shares the group with the Grenadines and Saint Vincent)
Carriacou
Grenada
Petit Martinique
Ronde Island
Petite Martinique
Guadeloupe (is an overseas French department)
Basse-Terre
La Désirade
Grande-Terre
Marie-Galante
Iles de la Petite Terre
Iles des Saintes
Terre de Haut
Terre de Bas
Hispaniola Dominican Republic
Beata Island
Catalina Island
Saona Island
Cayos Siete Hermanos(seven Brothers Cays)
AltoVelo Cay
Levantado Cay (Cayo Levantado)
Haiti
Gonave Island
Tortuga
Île à Vache
Île de Anacaona
Grande et Petite Cayemites
Les Arcadins
Ti Teal
Ile de Sud
Lighthouse Island
Jamaica
Jamaica
Bogue Islands (some now absorbed into Montego Bay, Jamaica)
Great Goat Island
Little Goat Island
Kokomo Island
Lime Cay (part of the Port Royal Cays)
Morant Cays
Navy Island
Pedro Cays
Pigeon Island
Martinique (an overseas French department)
Montserrat (overseas British territory)
Navassa Island (minor outlying island of the United States)
Netherlands Antilles (part of the Netherlands Kingdom)
Bonaire
Klein Bonaire
Curaçao
Klein Curaçao
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten (part of the island Saint Martin, shared with the overseas collectivity Saint-Martin of France)
Puerto Rico (commonwealth of the United States)
Puerto Rico
Vieques
Culebra
Caja de Muertos
Desecheo Island
Mona
Monito
Saint Barthélemy (of France and Saint Barts)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Nevis
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin (of France and also part of the island Saint Martin, shared with the Netherlands Antilles)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (shares the Grenadines group with Grenada)
Baliceaux
Battowia
Bequia
Canouan Island
Mayreau
Mustique
Palm Island
Petit Mustique
Petit Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent
Tobago Cays
Union Island
Young Island
Trinidad and Tobago
Tobago
Goat Island
Little Tobago
Saint Giles Island
Sisters' Rock
Trinidad
Caledonia Island
Carrera
Chacachacare
Craig Island
Cronstadt (Kronstadt)
Farallon
Gaspar Grande
Gasparillo (Little Gasparee or Centipede Island)
Huevos
Lenagan Island
Monos
Nelson Island
Pelican Island
Rock Island
Saut d'Eau
Soldado Rock
Turks and Caicos Islands (British overseas territory)
Grand Turk
Middle Caicos
North Caicos
Parrot Cay
Pine Cay
Providenciales
Salt Cay
South Caicos
West Caicos
East Caicos
Ambergris Cays
United States Virgin Islands (territory of the United States and shares the Virgin Islands with the British Virgin Islands)
Birsk Island
Buck Island
Capella
Cas Cay
Congo Cay
Cow And Calf Island
Dog Island
Dry Rock
Fish Cay
Flat Cay
Grass Cay
Great Saint James
Green Cay
Hans Lollik Island
Hassel Island
Inner Brass
Johnsons Reef
Leduck
Little Saint James
Lovango Cay
Mingo Cay
Ningo
Outer Brass
Packet Rock
Patricia Cay
Saba Island
Saint Croix
Saint John
Saint Thomas
Savana Island
South-West Rock
Stranglers Island
Thatch Cay
Turtledove Cay
Water Island
Waterlemon Cay
Welk Rock

The Caribbean’s continental countries, coastlines and islands are:
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
Guanaja
Roatán
Útila
Cayos Cochinos
Swan Islands
Mexico
Quintana Roo
Cancún
Chetumal
Isla Contoy
Isla Cozumel
Isla Mujeres
Cozumel
Nicaragua
Corn Islands
Cayos Miskitos
Pearl Cays
Panama
San Blas Islands (comprising of more than 1300 islands)
Bocas del Toro (archipelago with approximately 300 islands)
Suriname
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


The Travel-Informed Team

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