Almost all of the Caribbean

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are in the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

. Other sizable islands include

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and t ...

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

and

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...

. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a ''rock'' or ''reef.'' ''Islands are listed in alphabetical order by country of ownership and/or those with full independence and autonomy. Islands with coordinates can be seen on the map linked to the right.''

Antigua and Barbuda

There are 54 islands in

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two ...

. There are three main islands, the two populated islands (Antigua and Barbuda) and Redonda. There are 51 off-shore islands. The islands of the country of Antigua and Barbuda include: *

Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Ba ...

, , *

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** Prickly Pear Island ** Great Bird Island ** Galley Island Major ** Galley Island Minor **

Jenny Island Jenny Island or Isla Juanita is a rocky island long which rises to , lying east of Cape Alexandra, the southeastern extremity of Adelaide Island, in northern Marguerite Bay. Jenny Island is located at . First Visitors The island was discover ...

** Exchange Island ** Rabbit Island ** Lobster Island ** Long Island **

Maiden Island Maiden Island is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Oban Bay on the west coast of Scotland. Geography Maiden Island lies just off the coast of mainland Scotland, west of Dunollie Castle and Camas Bàn. It is to the north of the narrow ...

** Rat Island ** Little Bird Island ** Hell's Gate Island ** Monocle Point Island ** Red Head Island **

Guiana Island Guiana Island (or Guana Island) is an island off the northeast coast of Antigua, between the Parham Peninsula and Crump Island. It forms the southern coast of the North Sound, and is the fourth largest island of Antigua and Barbuda. Flora and ...

** Crump Island ** Nanny Island (Henry Island) ** Laviscounts Island ** Bird Island ** Round Island **

Hawes Island Hawes is a market town and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, and historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The River Ure north of the town is a touri ...

** Little Island ** Green Island ** Pelican Island ** York Island **

Codrington Island Codrington Island is a small uninhabited island off the north-east coast of Antigua. Location and landscape Codrington Island lies on the north-east coast of Atlantic, in the Mercers Creek Bay in about 50 meters from the Antigua shore and appr ...

* Blake Island * Cinnamon Island * Five Islands *

Hawksbill Rock The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution, that is large ...

* Johnson Island *

* Moor Rock * Mouse Island *

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* Sandy Island *

Smith Island Smith Island or Smith's Island may refer to the following places: Antarctica * Smith Islands, Wilkes Land * Smith Island (South Shetland Islands) Australia * Smith Islands National Park, Queensland *Smith Island (South Australia) Bermuda * Smith ...

* The Sisters * Vernon's Island *

Wicked Will Island Wicked may refer to: Books * Wicked, a minor character in the ''X-Men'' universe * ''Wicked'', a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that inspired the musical of the same name * ''Wicked'', the fifth novel in Sara Shepard's ''Pretty Little Liars'' ser ...

Barbuda Barbuda (), is an island located in the eastern Caribbean forming part of the sovereign state of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located north of the island of Antigua and is part of the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. The island is a popula ...

, , **

Goat Island Goat Island (or Goat Islands) may refer to: Arts * Goat Island (performance group), a Chicago-based company * ''Goat Island'' (play), ''Delitto all'isola delle capre'', by Ugo Betti Places Australia * Goat Island (Port Jackson) in Sydney Harbou ...

** Kid Island ** Man of War Island ** Rabbit Island * Redonda (uninhabited), ,

The Bahamas

The

Commonwealth of the Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the arch ...

is located in the

Lucayan Archipelago The Lucayan Archipelago (named for the original native Lucayan people), also known as the Bahama Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The ...

, the portion of the Caribbean region in the

North Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe a ...

rather than in or bordering the

. There are 700 islands and 2,400 cays in

The Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the arc ...

. There are 30 inhabited islands. Andros Island is the largest island in the Bahamas. Large island groups include Berry Islands and

Exuma Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a s ...

. The following islands are some of the more notable islands (cays) (see the main article for a comprehensive listing of all islands): * Abaco Island, * Abner Cay, * Acklins, * Adderley Cay (part of

), *

Alder Cay The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas, covering about of the northwestern part of the Out Islands. The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays, often referre ...

, * Ambergris Cay (Berrey Islands), *

Andros Island Andros Island is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. The land area of Andros consis ...

, * Anna Cay, * Arawak Cay (Fish Fry), *

Archers Cay Archers Cay is an island in The Bahamas, near Water Cay Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fl ...

, *

Athol Island Athol Island is a small island in the Bahamas, which lies east of Paradise Island, which lies directly off of New Providence New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It ...

, * Atwood Cay (Samana Cay), *

Barataria Island Barataria may refer to: Places ;Trinidad and Tobago *Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago ;United States *Barataria, Louisiana, a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish *Barataria Bay (sometimes "Barrataria Bay"), Louisiana *Barataria Preserv ...

(part of Exuma), *

Serranilla Bank Serranilla Bank ( es, Isla Serranilla, Banco Serranilla and ''Placer de la Serranilla'') is a partially submerged reef, with small uninhabited islets, in the western Caribbean Sea. It is situated about northeast of Punta Gorda, Nicaragua, and ...

(Beacon Cay), * Bell Island, * Berry Islands District, * Big Major Cay (Pig Beach) *

Bimini Islands Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas and comprises a chain of islands located about due east of Miami. Bimini is the closest point in the Bahamas to the mainland United States and approximately west-northwest of Nassau. The popul ...

, * Bird Cay (part of Berry Islands), * Bitter Guana Cay (part of Exuma), *

Bock Cat Cay Exuma is a district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge. The capita ...

(part of Exuma), *

Bonds Cay The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas, covering about of the northwestern part of the Out Islands. The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays, often referre ...

(part of Berry islands), * Booby Cay, * Bowe Cay (part of Exuma), *

Cabbage Cay The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas, covering about of the northwestern part of the Out Islands. The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays, often referre ...

(part of Berry Islands), *

Castaway Cay Disney's Castaway Cay, or simply Castaway Cay (), is a private island in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port for the Disney Cruise Line ships. It is located near Great Abaco Island and was formerly known as Gorda Cay. In 1997, The Walt ...

(private island and an exclusive port for Disney Cruise Line), * Cat Island, *

Cat Cays The Cat Cays are two islands in the Bahamas, North Cat Cay and South Cat Cay, approximately south of Bimini. North Cat Cay is a privately owned island and is run as a private members club by the Cat Cay Yacht Club. South Cat Cay is currently ...

(part of Bimini), * Cay Sal Bank, *

Children's Bay Cay Exuma is a district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge. The capita ...

(part of Exuma, also called Williams Cay), * Chub Cay, * Cistern Cay (part of Berry Islands), * Coakley Cay, * Cockroach Cay, *

Comfort Cay The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas, covering about of the northwestern part of the Out Islands. The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays, often referre ...

(part of Berry Islands), *

Compass Cay Compass Cay is an island in The Bahamas, located in the Exuma district. The island, notable for its naturally-protected harbor, has been outfitted with a beach lodge and a marina. The island also has a famed population of docile nurse sharks. The ...

, * Conception Island, *

Cormorant Cay The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a Districts of the Bahamas, district of the Bahamas, covering about of the northwestern part of the Out Islands. The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands ...

(part of Berry Islands), * Crooked Island, * Culmer's Cay (part of Exuma), * Cupids Cay (Governor's Island), *

Current Island Current Island is an island in the Bahamas, located in the district of North Eleuthera. The island had a population of 38 at the 2010 census. The island is separated from the island of North Eleuthera by a channel known as the Current Cut, which ...

, * Devils Cay (part of Berry Islands), * Diamond Rock (part of Berry Islands), * Discovery Island * Dolly Cay, *

Dove Cay Dove Cay is an island in the Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's la ...

, * Egg Island, * Elbow Cay, * Elbow Cays (Cay Sal Bank), *

Eleuthera Island Eleuthera () refers both to a single island in the archipelagic state of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to its associated group of smaller islands. Eleuthera forms a part of the Great Bahama Bank. The island of Eleuthera incorporates the s ...

Elizabeth Island Elizabeth Island may refer to: * Elizabeth Island (Alaska) * Elizabeth Island, Bahamas * Elizabeth Island, Bermuda * Elizabeth Island (Georgian Bay) * Elizabeth Island, Michigan * Elizabeth Island, New Zealand * Elizabeth Island (Victoria) * Elizab ...

, *

Exuma Island Exuma is a district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge. The capital ...

* Fortune Island (Long Cay), * Frazer Hog Cay, *

Galliot Cay Long Island is an island in The Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. It is one of the Districts of the Bahamas and is known as the most scenic island in the Bahamas. Its capital is Clarence Town. The population of Long Island is 3,0 ...

, * Goat Cay * Gorda Cay (Castaway Cay), *

Grand Bahama Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, with the town of West End located east of Palm Beach, Florida. It is the third largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is ...

, * Great Exuma Island, * Great Guana Cay, * Great Harbour Cay, * Great Inagua Island, * Great Isaac Cay (Rock), * Great Stirrup Cay *

Green Turtle Cay Green Turtle Cay is one of the barrier islands off mainland Great Abaco, The Bahamas. It can only be reached via ferry from the mainland or boat. There is not an airport on the island. It is considered part of the "Abaco Out Islands" and ...

* Halls Pond Cay *

Harbour Island A harbor (American English), harbour (British English; see spelling differences), or haven is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a ...

* Highbourne Cay * Hoffman Cay *

Inagua Island Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas, comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. The headquarters for the district council are in Matthew Town. History The original settlers were the Lucayan people, who arrived so ...

* Iron Cay * Jewfish Cay *

Joulter Cays The Joulter Cays are small uninhabited islands to the north of Andros Island in the Bahamas. Oolitic sand dominates the intertidal zone around the small islands that are covered with vegetation. The Joulter Cays were designated as an Important ...

* Lee Stocking Island *

Little Abaco Island Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film * The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John ...

* Little Cistern Cay *

Little Darby Island Exuma is a district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge. The capital ...

* Little Farmer's Cay * Little Harbour Cay *Little Inagua, * Little Petit Cay * Little San Salvador Island (''Half Moon Cay'') * Little Stirrup Cay * Little Wax Cay * Little Whale Cay * Long Cay * Long Island, * Lyford Cay * Madam Dau's Cay *

Major's Island Pig Beach located on Big Major Cay (also known as Major Cay) is a beach on an uninhabited island (or cay) located in Exuma, the Bahamas. The island takes its unofficial name from the fact that it is populated by a colony of feral pig The ...

* Man Island *

Man-O-War Cay Man-O-War Cay is a small island in the Abaco region of the Bahamas. It had a population of 215 at the 2010 census. History When the American colonies were successful in defeating the British in the U.S. Revolutionary War, some British Loyalis ...

* Mangrove Cay * Mayaguana * Middle Cay *

Moore's Island Moore's Island is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco Islands Abaco is a variant Italian form of the Biblical name " Habakkuk" (but normally Abacùc or Abacucco). Abaco may refer to: People * Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–17 ...

* Moriah Harbour Cay * Musha Cay * New Providence, * Norman's Cay *

North Andros North Andros is one of the 31 districts of the Bahamas. It is also the largest district (in area) in the country. It has some of the largest settlements on Andros Island and many churches as well. The population (2010 Census) is 3,898.

* North Bimini * North Cat Cay * North Elbow Cay *

O'Brien Cay O'Brien Cay is an island in the Bahamas located in the district of Exuma. It is rarely embarked upon, despite two active dive sites offshore—a small coral reef and the wreck of a seaplane A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable ...

* Ocean Cay * Over Yonder Cay *

Paradise Island Paradise Island is an island in The Bahamas formerly known as Hog Island. The island, with an area of (2.8 km2/1.1 sq mi), is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of ...

* Perpall's Cay * Prime Cay * Ragged Island * Rose Island * Royal Island * Rum Cay * Russell Island * Salt Cay * Samana Cay * Sampson Cay * San Salvador Island, *

Sandy Cay Sandy Cay is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located between Tortola and Jost Van Dyke. The island was owned by the Laurance Rockefeller Estate. On 1 May 2008, ownership of the island was transferre ...

* Schooner Cays * Scotland Cay * Seal Cay * South Bimini * South Cat Cay * South Stirrup Cay * Staniel Cay *

Stocking Island Stocking Island is a small, long, narrow island off the port of George Town, Great Exuma Island, The Bahamas. The island features beaches and several resorts. Location and geography Stocking Island is lightly inhabited, with a population of only ...

* Stranger Cay * Sugar Loaf Cay * Sweeting Cay * Vigilant Cay * Waderick Wells Cay * Walker's Cay * Watling Island * Wax Cay * Windermere Island *

Wood Cay Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin tha ...

Barbados

There are currently two islands and two banks in

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate ...

. An additional historical island that no longer exists as an island is also included in this list. *

, * Culpepper Island (uninhabited), * Pelican Island (Historical, uninhabited), *Trader Bank, *The Shadows (Bank),

Belize

There are about 180 islands in

Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wa ...

. Some of the larger islands of Belize in the Caribbean Sea include: * Turneffe Atoll (Turneffe Islands), , *Ambergris Group, , *Douglas Cay, , *Drowned Cays, , * Hick's Cayes, , * Lighthouse Reef,

Colombia

Several

Departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Colombia include islands in the Caribbean area.

Bolívar Department

Islands of the Bolívar Department of Colombia include: * Rosario Islands (Islas del Rosario), **Isla Grande, **Isla Marina, **Isla de Roberto, **Isla Rosario, **Isla del Tesoro, **Isla del Pirata, **Isla Pelicano, **Isla Rosa, **Isla Gigi, * Fuerte Island, * Tierra Bomba Island (Isla Tierra Bomba), * Isla Barú, *Isla de la Manga, *Isla Diablo, *Isla de Manzanillo, *Isla Maparadita, *Isla Cocosolo, *Isla Brujas, *Isla Abanico,

Córdoba Department

Islands in the Córdoba Department include: * Islas Tortuguilla,

Magdalena Department

Islands in the Magdalena Department include: *Isla de Salamanca, *Isla El Morro, *Isla de La Aguja, ] *Isla Bóqueron Grande,

San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina

Islands in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina include:

Sucre Department

Islands in the Sucre Department include the following islands in the Archipelago of San Bernardo: Mapa de las Islas de San Bernardo

* Bóqueron Island * Cabruna Island (Isla Cabruna), * Ceycén Island (Isla Ceycen), * Mangle Island, * Maravilla Island (Isla Maravilla), *

Múcura Island Múcura Island (Isla Múcura) is a coral island located in the Archipelago of San Bernardo, Gulf of Morrosquillo, Caribbean Sea. It is governed by Colombia, and is a part of the District of Cartagena de Indias. Lodging facilities are present on ...

(Isla Múcura ), * Palma Island (Isla Palma), * Panda Island, *Salamanquilla Island, *San Barnardo Island, * Santa Cruz del Islote, * Tintipán Island,

Costa Rica

There are about 79 islands in Costa Rica. The largest islands in the Caribbean Sea are listed below: * Isla Calero, , * Isla Brava, *

Isla Uvita Uvita Island, or Isla Uvita ( Spanish: "little grape island"), officially Isla Quiribrí, is a small island offshore of the port at Limón on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The island is long from north to south and wide, northwest to s ...

, ,

Cuba

consists of over 4,000 islands and cays surrounding the country's main island, many of which make up

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...

s. Off the south coast are two main archipelagos, Jardines de la Reina and the Canarreos Archipelago. The Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago runs along the northern coast and contains roughly 2,517 cays and islands. The Colorados Archipelago is located off the north-western coast. The following islands are some of the major islands in the

island country An island country, island state or an island nation is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. Approximately 25% of all independent countries are island countries. Island countries are historicall ...

Dominica

The island nation of Dominica with a total area of includes two small, off-shore islands and one disputed island: * Dominica, * Petit L'Ilet, * Gros L'Ilet, * Bird Island (Ile de Aves) - in dispute with

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

Dominican Republic

There are about 73 islands in the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

, including the following islands: *Eastern part of the island of

, ) * Catalina Island, *

Isla Beata Beata Island ( es, Isla Beata) is a small island on the Caribbean Sea, located southwest from Cape Beata. Some southwest of it lies the smaller Alto Velo Island. It is politically part of the Dominican Republic, and is roughly triangle-shaped an ...

, *

Isla Alto Velo Alto Velo Island ( es, Isla Alto Velo; also called Alta Vela Island) is a small uninhabited island south of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. Its maximum height is about above sea level. It lies on an underwater mountain range which c ...

, *

Cayo Levantado Cayo Levantado, is an island in Samaná Bay, located in the Samaná Province in the eastern region of Dominican Republic. It is a well-known tourist destination in the country. The nearest airport, the Samaná El Catey International Airport is 6 ...

(Bacardi Island), * Isla Saona,

France

The following sections show the islands of French Departments in the Caribbean.

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands— Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

consists of six inhabited islands—

Basse-Terre Basse-Terre (, ; ; gcf, label= Guadeloupean Creole, Bastè, ) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the '' prefecture'' (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located ...

Grande-Terre Grande-Terre Island (french: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwantè) is the name of the eastern-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe ...

Marie-Galante Marie-Galante ( gcf, label= Antillean Creole, Mawigalant) is one of the islands that form Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France. Marie-Galante has a land area of . It had 11,528 inhabitants at the start of 2013, but by the start of 2018 ...

La Désirade La Désirade is an island in the French West Indies, in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. It forms part of Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France. History Archaeological evidence has been discovered that suggests that an Amerindian po ...

, and the two inhabited islands in the

Îles des Saintes The Îles des Saintes (; "Islands of the Female Saints"), also known as Les Saintes, is a group of small islands in the archipelago of Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France. It is part of the Canton of Trois-Rivières and is divided in ...

—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings.

Martinique

There are about 46 islands in

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island and an Overseas department and region, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of ...

, including the following: *Îlet aux Rats (Bats Island), *Caye Pinsonelle, * Diamond Rock, *Petit Îlet Duprey, * Gros Îlet (Îlet Mandoline), *Îlet Chancel, * Île Petite Grenade, * Îlet à Eaux Rats (Rocks), * Îlet à Ramiers, * Îlet à Toiroux (Îlet Poirier), * Îlet Aux Rats, * Îlet Baude, * Îlet Boisseau (Îlet des Chardons), * Îlet Cabrits, *Îlet Chancel (Ilet Ramville), *Ilet Chevalier (Ilet Lezard), *Ilet De La Rose ( Îlet Madame), * Îlet Du Galion, * Îlet Duquesnay, * Îlet du Trésor, *Ilet Fregate, * Îlet Hardy, * Îlet La Perle, * Îlet Lapin, * Îlet Lavigne (Gros Îlet), * Îlet Long, * Îlet Métrente, *Îlet Oscar (Bonchard), * Îlet Pelé, * Îlet Petit Piton (Rocher de la Grotte), *Ilet Petit Vincent, * Îlet Petite Martinique, * Îlet Ragot (Îlet de la Grotte, Ilet Duchamp), * Îlet Saint Aubin, * Îlet Sainte-Marie, * Îlet Tartane, * Îlet Thierry, *Ilets Aux Chiens, *Les Trois Ilets, *

, * Petit Îlet, *Petit Ilet Duprey, *Sugarloaf Rock, * Table du Diable, *Trou Terre Island,

Saint Barthélemy

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There are 18 islands in

Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (french: Saint-Barthélemy, ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. It is often abbreviated to St. Barth in French, and St. Barts in Englis ...

, including the following: * Île de Boulanger, * La Chaloupe, * Île Chevreau, * Île Coco, * Île Fourche (Île Fourchue), * Île Frégate, * Îles des Grenadins (Rock), * Les Gros Îlets, * Île du Pain de sucre, * Île Pelé, * La Petite Islette, * Île de la Pointe, * Roche le Boeuf, * Roche Plate, *

(also ''Saint Barts''), * Île Toc Vers, * Îlet au Vent, * La Tortue,

Collectivity of Saint Martin

There are seven islands and two rocks in the French

Collectivity of Saint Martin The Collectivity of Saint Martin (french: Collectivité de Saint-Martin), commonly known as simply Saint Martin (, ), is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies in the Caribbean, on – but not identical with – the island of ...

, including: * Northern part of the island of

Saint Martin Saint Martin may refer to: People * Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), Bishop of Tours, France * Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia (now Braga in Portugal) * Pope Martin I (598–655) * Saint Mart ...

, * Caye Chateau, * Caye Verte, *

Creole Rock Creole Rock (in French, Rocher Créole) is a small island in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of the island of Saint Martin, and is administered as part of the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. It is part of the National nature reser ...

(Crowl Rock), or * Grand Îlet, * Petite Clef, * Pinel Island, * Rocher de l'Anse Marcel (rock), * Île Tintamarre,

Grenada

There are over 600 islands and islets in Grenada and the Grenadines. The notable islands in Grenada include: * Calivigny Island, * Caille Island, * Carriacou, * Diamond Island, *Fota Island, * Frigate Island, * Glover Island (Ramier Island), *Green Island, * Grenada, *Hog Island, *Hope Island (Bacolet Island), *Jack Adam Island, * Large Island, * Levera Island (Sugar Loaf Island), *Mabouya Island, *Marquis Island (Soubisse Island), *Mushroom Island, *Pearls Rock, *Petite Dominique, * Petite Martinique, * Carriacou and Petite Martinique, * Ronde Island, *

Saline Island Saline Island is a small islet between Grenada and Carriacou ( Grenadines), owned by the John family, of Harvey Vale, Carriacou Carriacou is an island of the Grenadine Islands. It is a dependency of Grenada, and is located in the south- ...

, *Sandy Island, *White Island,

Haiti

The most densely populated island in the world is Ilet a Brouee in Haiti, at 500 persons in its area of . There are about 59 islands in

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

, including the following: * Caye Sable, * Gonâve Island, * Grosse Caye, *

(Eastern part), * Ilet a Brouee, * Île-à-Vache (''Cow Island''), * Isle Cacique, * Les Cayemites **Grand Cayemite, **Petite Cayemite, * Navassa Island (claimed by both

and the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

), * Tortuga Island (''Turtle Island''),

Honduras

There are at least 99 islands in Honduras, including the following Caribbean islands: * Cayos Cochinos (Islas de la Bahía, also called Hog Islands), *

Cayo Gorda Cayo Gorda is a cay that is 66 nautical miles off the east coast of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea. It has an approximate area of 0.007 square kilometres and in 2005 was inhabited by 11 people.Charney, Jonathan I. ''et al.'' (1993). ''International ...

, *Islas de la Bahía, **

Cayo Sur Cayo Sur (meaning South Cay) is a small uninhabited island less than two hectares in size located in the Caribbean sea. The surrounding area has an abundance of fish and oil. Dispute and resolution The island had been disputed by Honduras and N ...

, **

Guanaja Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras and is in the Caribbean. It is about off the north coast of Honduras, and from the island of Roatan. One of the cays off Guanaja, also called Guanaja or Bonacca or Low Cay (or just simply, Th ...

, **

Roatán Roatán () is an island in the Caribbean, about off the northern coast of Honduras. It is located between the islands of Utila and Guanaja, and is the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras. The island was formerly known in English as Ru ...

(Isla Roatan), ** Utila, * Swan Islands **Isla Grande, **Little Swan Island (Isla Pequeña), * Misteriosa Bank * Rosario Bank

Jamaica

There are about 49 islands in the island nation of

, including the following islands: *

Bajo Nuevo Bank Bajo Nuevo Bank, also known as the Petrel Islands ( es, Bajo Nuevo, Islas Petrel), is a small, uninhabited reef with some small grass-covered islets, located in the western Caribbean Sea at , with a lighthouse on Low Cay at . The closest neighb ...

(uninhabited), *

Great Goat Island Great Goat Island is a cay located less than a mile off the coast of Jamaica, southwest of the Hellshire Hills. It is part of Saint Catherine Parish. Along with Little Goat Island located northwest of it, these two cays make up the Goat Islands, ...

, *

Lime Cay Lime Cay is the main islet off the shore of Port Royal Cays, Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cub ...

, * Little Goat Island, * Morant Cays, * Navy Island, *

Pedro Cays Pedro Bank is a large bank of sand and coral, partially covered with seagrass, about 80 km south and southwest of Jamaica, rising steeply from a seabed of 800 metres depth. It slopes gently from the Pedro Cays to the west and north with depths f ...

, *

Port Royal Cays The Port Royal Cays is a small group of uninhabited islands or cays off Port Royal, Jamaica, located at {{coord, 17, 55, 06.36, N, 76, 49, 11.96, W and arranged in the shape of an atoll with a diameter between 4 and 5 km, and a total area of ...

(uninhabited), * Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Offshore Island,

Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Antillean islands in the island countries ( Aruba,

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC ...

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coas ...

, Saba, and

Sint Maarten Sint Maarten () is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 44% of the divid ...

, as well as the solitary island

Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius (, ), also known locally as Statia (), is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially " public body") of the Netherlands. The island lies in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies, s ...

) of the

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are listed below. Collectively, these islands were formerly considered the Netherlands Antilles, and still are often referenced as the

Dutch Caribbean The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the territories, colonies, and countries, former and current, of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea. They are in the north and south-w ...

Aruba

There are at least five islands in Aruba: * Aruba, *

Indiaanskop Indiaanskop or Indiaans kop ( nl, Indian head) is an island near Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the m ...

, * Key Cay * Long Cay * Renaissance Island,

Curaçao

There are at least seven islands in

, including: *

, *Kadoesjie, *

Klein Curaçao Klein Curaçao (English: ''Little Curaçao'') is a uninhabited island belonging to, and lying 10 km south-east of, Curaçao, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Dutch Caribbean. Description Klein Curaçao has a ...

, *Eiland Penso, *Isla Makuaku, *Kadoesji,

, *Sapaté Eiland,

Sint Maarten

There are ten total islands of

, including: *

(southern part), * Cow and Calf Island, *

Guana Key of Pelikan Guana may refer to: Places * Guana Island, an island in the British Virgin Islands * Guiana Island, also called Guana Island, off Antigua * Guana River, in Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, in Florida, U.S. Languages * G ...

(Guana Cay), * Hen and Chicken, * Little Key, *Mal Aborder, *Mollibeday Rots (Molly Beday Rock), *Mona Island, * Pelikan Rock, Sint Maarten (Pelican Island), *Pond Island, *Snoopy Island, The

Caribbean islands Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands a ...

(

, Saba and

special municipalities) in the country of the Netherlands of the Kingdom are listed below.

Caribbean Netherlands

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(special municipality of the Netherlands): ** Bonaire Island, Bonaire, **Eiland Ranch, Bonaire, **

Klein Bonaire Klein Bonaire ( Dutch for "Little Bonaire") is a small uninhabited islet off the west coast of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, and is part of the Dutch special municipality of Bonaire. Geography The Klein Bonaire islet, which sits within t ...

, Bonaire, **Meeuwtje, **Willemberg, Google Maps **Camia, **Isla Makuka *

, Sint Eustatius Special Municipality, * Saba (special municipality of the Netherlands) ** Saba Island, Saba, ** Green Island, Saba, **Little Island, Saba, **Pilot Rots (Rocks),

Mexico

There are several islands of

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

on the Caribbean Sea, including: * Isla Cancún, * Isla Cozumel, * Isla Contoy, * Isla Holbox, * Isla Mujeres,

Nicaragua

There are over 150 islands in

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to ...

, including the following islands in the Caribbean Sea: * Corn Island, *

Little Corn Island The Corn Islands are two islands about east of the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, constituting one of 12 municipalities of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. The official name of the municipality is ''Corn Island'' (the English name is ...

, * Miskito Cays (reef), * Pearl Cays, * Calala Island (private island), *

Pigeon Cay Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

(Cayo de la Paloma),

Panama

There are several hundreds of islands in

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

, including the following islands in the Caribbean: *

Isla Bastimentos Bastimentos Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Bastimentos'') is an island with eponymous town, and corregimiento located in the Bocas del Toro District and archipelago of Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The island is about , one of the largest in Pana ...

, * Cayos Zapatilla, *

Isla Carenero Carenero Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Carenero'') is a long and forested island located just a few hundred meters east of Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. The name of the island comes from the nautical term ''careening'', whi ...

, * Isla Cayo Agua, * Isla Colón, *

Isla Cristóbal Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isla (g ...

, * Isla Popa, * Isla Solarte, * Isla Escudo de Veraguas, * Galeta Island, *

Isla Cabra Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isla (g ...

, *

Isla Grande Isla Grande is a small island and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama, off the Caribbean coast. It had a population of 1,037 . Its population as of 1990 was 626; its population as of 2000 was 1,055. During the right times ...

, * Corazón de Jesús, * Narganá, * Soledad Miria,

Saint Kitts and Nevis

There are about 20 islands in

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain ...

, including: *Booby Island, *Crokus Cay *Dalzel Island *Dodan Island *Dulcina Island *East Cay *Eden Island *Fahie Island *Friars Bay *Gardner Island *Garvey Island *Golden Cay *Jessop Island *Maddens *Meves Island *

Nevis Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation ...

, *Otters Island *

Saint Kitts Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis con ...

(Saint Christopher), *Sugar Loaf *Vambelle Island

Saint Lucia

There are 15 islands in

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindi ...

, including: * Barrel o' Beef * Burgot Rocks * Dennery Island, * Des Bateaux Island, * Fous Island, * Frigate Island, * L'Islet a Ramier *

Liverpool Rocks Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

* Maria Islands, * Pigeon Island, * Praslin Island, * Rat Island, * Rouche Island, *

, * Scorpion Island,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

There are about 49 islands in

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea ...

, including: *

All Awash Island All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All al ...

, * Baliceaux Island, *

Bequia Bequia ( or ) is the second-largest island in the Grenadines at . It is part of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and is approximately from the nation's capital, Kingstown, on the main island, Saint Vincent. Bequia means "island o ...

, * Bettowia (Battowia), * Black Rock *Brooks Rocks *Bullet Cay, * Cactus Cay * Canouan Baleine * Canouan Island, * Catholic Island, *

Chateaubelair Islet Chateaubelair is a large fishing village on the Leeward (west) coast of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, the main island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located just south of the volcano of Soufrière. Commonly referred to as j ...

, * Church Cay, *

Cow And Calves Islands Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ...

*Dike Island, *Double Rock *Dove Cay, *Dove Island, *Ellen Rock *

Fort Duvernette Island A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

(Duvernette Islet), *Frigate Island, *L'Islot, *

Litte Savan The Litte is a river of Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Großschweidnitzer Wasser, which it joins in Großschweidnitz. See also *List of rivers of Saxony A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to ...

, * Mayreau, *Middle Cay (St. Elairs Cay), * Milligan Cay, *Mopion Islet * Mustique, * Palm Island (Prune Island), *Pelican Cay * Petit Canouan, *Petit Cay, * Petit Mustique, * Petit Nevis, *

Petit Saint Vincent Petit St Vincent, known locally as PSV, is an island south of St. Vincent in the Grenadine islands. It is the southernmost island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The island is privately owned and operates as a resort. The resort has 22 ...

, *Petit Tabac * Pigeon Island, *Pillories **Big Pillory, **Middle Pillory, **Little Pillory, *Punaise * Isle à Quatre, *Rabbit Island, *Red Island, * Saint Elairs Cay, * Saint Vincent, *Sand Cay * Savan, * Savan Rock (Little Savan), *Semplars Cay * Tobago Cays, **Petit Rameau, **Petit Bateau, **Petit Tobac, **Jamesby, **Baradal, *Syrup Cay *

Union Island Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has a surface of and lies about west-southwest of Barbados within view of the islands of Carriacou and the mainland of Grenada, which lies directly south. Clifton a ...

, *West Cay *Wilks Island *Young Island,

Trinidad and Tobago

There are 44 islands in

, including: * Caledonia Island, *

Chacachacare Chacachacare is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, located at 10° 41' north latitude and 61° 45' west longitude. The island is in area. It is one of the Bocas Islands, which lie in the '' Bocas del Dragón'' (''Dragons' Mo ...

, * Craig Island (Craig and Caledonia are joined by a narrow causeway), * Cronstadt Island (Kronstadt), * Carrera Island, * Faralon (Flat Rock), off San Fernando Harbour, * Gaspar Grande (Gasparee), * Gasparillo (Little Gasparee or Centipede Island), *

Huevos ''Huevo'' is the Spanish-language translation of the word "egg", but can also be used as a Spanish slang term for "testicle". ''Huevo''(s) may also refer to: Food * '' Chorizo con huevos'', a popular Mexican dish consisting of fried chorizo with s ...

* Lenagan Island, * Little Tobago (Bird of Paradise Island), * Monos, * Nelson Island, * Pelican Island, * St. Giles Island, *

Saut d'Eau Saut d'Eau, French for "Waterfall" (literally "water jump" in French), is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located just off the north coast of main island of Trinidad (less than 1 km) in the Caribbean Sea. I ...

, *

, * Sisters' Rocks, *

Soldado Rock Soldado Rock or ''Soldier's Rock'', formerly known as ''Soldado Island'', is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the Gulf of Paria 10 km off Icacos Point in TrinidadIUCN 1982, p.348 and north of the V ...

, *

Tobago Tobago () is an island and ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger island of Trinidad and about off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. It also lies to the southeast of Grenada. The offici ...

, *

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

United Kingdom

The following is a list of islands of current island nations of the

British Overseas Territories The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remnants of the former Br ...

that are in the Caribbean.

Anguilla

There are about 19 islands in

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territ ...

, including: * Anguillita, * Dog Island, * East Cay, * Little Island, * Little Scrub Island, * Mid Cay, * North Cay * Prickly Pear Cays, * Rabbit Island * Sandy Island, * Scilly Cay, * Scrub Island, * Seal Island, *

Sombrero A sombrero (Spanish , ) is a type of wide-brimmed Mexican men's hat used to shield the face and eyes from the sun. It usually has a high pointed crown, an extra-wide brim (broad enough to cast a shadow over the head, neck and shoulders of the w ...

(Hat Island), *

South Weneger Island South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

* West Cay,

British Virgin Islands

There are about 51 islands in the

British Virgin Islands ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song_type = Territorial song , song = "Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands" , image_map = File:British Virgin Islands on the globe (Americas centered).svg , map_caption = , mapsize = 290px , image_map2 = Bri ...

(16 inhabited), including: * Anegada, *

Beef Island Beef Island is an island in the British Virgin Islands. It is located to the east of Tortola, and the two islands are connected by the Queen Elizabeth Bridge. Beef Island is the site of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (IAT ...

, *

Bellamy Cay Bellamy Cay is an island in the British Virgin Islands, located entirely within Trellis Bay on Beef Island. Formerly called Blanco Islet, this island is named after its most famous resident, Samuel Bellamy, "Black Sam" Bellamy, the "prince of p ...

, * Broken Jerusalem (Rocks), * Buck Island, * Carvel Rock, * Cockroach Island, *

Cooper Island Cooper Island is a small island, long, which lies at the north side of the entrance to Drygalski Fjord, off the southeast end of South Georgia. It was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775, and named for Lieutenant Robe ...

, * Dead Chest, * East Seal Dog Island, * Eustatia Island, *

Fallen Jerusalem Island Fallen Jerusalem is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, located to the south of Virgin Gorda. It obtained its name from the large number of oversized volcanic boulders that are scattered over the island (som ...

, * Frenchman's Cay, * George Dog Island, * Ginger Island, * Great Camanoe, * Great Dog Island, * Great Thatch, * Great Tobago Island, *

Green Cay Green Cay is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It sits between the eastern tip of Little Jost Van Dyke and Tortola. It is in area. Environment The island, with its surrounding waters, has been designated a ...

, *

Guana Island Guana Island is an island of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the Caribbean. One of the few remaining privately owned islands in its part of the world, Guana has seven white powder-sand beaches and of tropical forest, mountains, hills, ...

, *

Jost Van Dyke Jost Van Dyke (; sometimes colloquially referred to as JVD or Jost) is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, measuring roughly . It rests in the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, loca ...

, * Little Camanoe, *

Little Jost Van Dyke Little Jost Van Dyke (colloquially, "Little Jost") is one of the British Virgin Islands. It is a small island on the east end of the island of Jost Van Dyke. Like Jost Van Dyke, it takes its name from the Dutch privateer Joost van Dyk. It i ...

, *

Little Seal Dog Island Little Seal Dog Island (also known as West Seal Dog Island) is an uninhabited islet of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located in a smaller sub-group of islands referred to as the Dog Islands Dog Islands are a small gro ...

* Little Thatch, * Marina Cay, *

Mosquito Island Mosquito Island (sometimes spelled Moskito Island) is an island off the coast of Virgin Gorda and has long been a favourite for scuba divers and sailors. For many years the island was the location of a sail-in dive resort named Drake's Anchora ...

, *Mosquito Rock, *

Nanny Cay Nanny Cay is an island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is made up of three cays originally known as Big Cay, Little Cay and Miss Peggy Cay. In the 1970s these were consolidated into a single land mass for a marina and resort ...

(land-tied), * Necker Island, *

Norman Island Norman Island is an island at the southern tip of the British Virgin Islands archipelago. It is one of a number of islands reputed to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate novel ''Treasure Island''. History It is said that ...

, * Pelican Island, * Peter Island, * Prickly Pear Island, * Red Rock, *

Round Rock Round Rock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in Williamson County (with a small part in Travis County), which is a part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. Its population is 119,468 as of the 2020 census. The city straddles the Balc ...

, *

Saba Rock Saba Rock is a small island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, approximately an acre and a half in size. The island contains a small hotel, restaurant, bar, and gift shop. A dock is available for day visitors and a large mooring ...

, * Salt Island, *

, *

Sandy Spit Sandy Spit is an uninhabited islet of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, sitting midway between Sandy Cay and Green Cay. It measures less than half an acre in size, and consists entirely of a ring of sandy beach surrounding light fol ...

, * Scrub Island, *

Tortola Tortola () is the largest and most populated island of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in ...

(largest island), *

The Indians The Indians are an uninhabited small archipelago of islets in the British Virgin Islands ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song_type = Territorial song , song = "Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands" , image_map = File:British Virgin Island ...

(rock), *

Virgin Gorda Virgin Gorda () is the third-largest island (after Tortola and Anegada) and second-most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Geography Located at about 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area ...

, *West Seal Dog Island, * West Dog Island, * Whale Rocks,

Cayman Islands

The following are the islands of the Cayman Islands:

Montserrat

There are only a few islands in Montserrat, including: * Montserrat (Largest island), * Little Redonda and Virgin, * Statue Rock,

Turks and Caicos Islands

The British Overseas Territory of the

Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and ...

is located in the

, the portion of the Caribbean region in the

rather than in or bordering the

. There are about 75 islands and land-tied islands in

, including the following notable islands: * Big Ambergris Cay, * Bird Island (Pear Cay), * East Caicos, *

Grand Turk Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands (the smaller of the two archipelagos that make up the island territory) with . Grand Turk contains the territory's capital, Cockburn To ...

, *

Little Ambergris Cay Big Ambergris Cay is a private residential island and home to Ambergris Cay Private Island Resort, located within the Turks and Caicos Islands. Not to be confused with Ambergris Caye in Belize, Big Ambergris Cay is situated to the southeast of th ...

, * Mangrove Cay, *

Middle Caicos Middle Caicos is the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of t ...

, * North Caicos, *

Parrot Cay Parrot Cay is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The island contains about of land, a mile-long beach and features a high-end beach resort with 61 rooms. Parrot Cay became a private island resort in 1998. It is located about south eas ...

, *

Pear Cay Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the po ...

, * Providenciales Island, *Salt Cay, *

South Caicos South Caicos is the seventh-largest island in the Turks and Caicos archipelago, with a land area of . South Caicos is known for excellent fishing, both deep-sea and bone fishing, and scuba diving. South Caicos was formerly a salt exporter, the ...

, *West Caicos,

Territories of the United States in the Caribbean

The following are disputed islands of the United States in the Caribbean: * Navassa Island *

The following sections show islands of island territories of the United States in the Caribbean.

Puerto Rico

There are about 142 island in

, including: * Alcarraza, *Bajo Evelyn (Evelyn Shoal), *Cabeza de Perro, *Cayo Ahogado, *Cayo Alfeñique, *Cayo Algodones, *Cayo Arenas, *Cayo Ballena, *

Cayo Batata Cayo Batata is an uninhabited, grass-covered island, located at , east of ''Morro de Humacao'', the closest mainland feature (which is immediately south of the mouth of Río Humacao), in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Geography The island is rectangul ...

, *Cayo Bayo, *Cayo Berberia, *Cayo Botella, *Cayo Cabritas, *Cayo Caracoles, *Cayo Caribe, *Cayo Chiva, *Cayo Collado, *Cayo Corral, *Cayo Diablo, Fajardo, *Cayo Diable, Vieques, *Cayo Don Luis, *Cayo Enrique, *Cayo Fanduca, *Cayo Icacos, *Cayo Jalova, *Cayo Jalovita, *

Cayo Largo Cayo Largo del Sur, or simply Cayo Largo ("Long Key”), is a small resort island in Cuba, off the south coast of the northwestern part of the main island in the Caribbean Sea. The cay is about long and wide and is the second largest isla ...

(Largo Shoals), *Cayo Lobito, *Cayo Lobo, *Cayo Lobos, *Cayo Maria Langa, *Cayo Mata - Guayanilla municipality, *Cayo Mata - Salinas municipality, *Cayo Mata Seca, *Cayo Matojo, *Cayo Morrillo, *

Cayo Norte Cayo Norte, formerly West Key or North East Key is the largest privately owned island in Puerto Rico and is currently the property of SVI Investments, Inc. The island is located about 0.6 nautical mile (1.0 km) northeast of Culebra Island. ...

, *Cayo Palomas, *Cayo Parguera, *Cayo Piñerito, *Cayo Pirata, *Cayo Puerca, *Cayo Ratón, *Cayo Ratones - Fajardo municipality, *Cayo Real, *Cayo Rio, * Cayo Santiago, *Cayo Sombrerito, *Cayo Terremoto, *Cayo Tiburón, *Cayo Tuna, *Cayo Verde, *Cayo Vieques, *Cayo Yerba, *

Cayo Luis Peña Cayo Luis Peña, formerly South West Key, is a small uninhabited island off the west coast of Culebra, an island municipality of Puerto Rico. The island is a nature reserve which forms part of the Culebra National Wildlife Refuge. Visitors ar ...

, *Cayo de Tierra, *Cayo del Agua, *Cayo del Agua, *Cayos Cabezazos, *Cayos Caribes, *Cayos de Barca, *

Cayos de Caña Gorda The Cayos de Caña Gorda ( eng, italic=yes, Caña Gorda Keys or ''Cays'') is a group of three uninhabited, mangrove-covered keys, located at off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. They belong to barrio Carenero of Guánica municipio. The ...

, *Cayos de Caracoles, *Cayos de Pájaros, *Cayos de Ratones, *Cayos Geniqui, *El Ancón, *El Mono, * Isla Caja de Muertos, *Gata Islets, *

Isla Culebrita Isla Culebrita (little ''Culebra'', little snake) is a small, uninhabited island off the eastern coast of Culebra, Puerto Rico and is part of the Puerto Rico Archipielago. Together with ''Cayo Botella'' off the northwestern point, and ''Pelá'' ...

, *Isla de Cardona, * Isla de Culebra, *Isla del Erio *Isla Cabras, *Isla Chiva, *Isla Cueva, *Isla de Cerro Gordo, * Isla de Cabras, *Isla de las Palomas, *Isla de Ramos, * Isla Desecheo, - Mayagüez municipality *Isla Guachinanga, *Isla Guayacán, *Isla La Cancora, *Isla Magueyes, *Isla Matei, *Isla de Mona, * Isla Mata la Gata, * Isla Monito, *Isla Morrillito, *Isla Palominitos, *Isla Piedra *Isla Puerca *Isla San Juan *Isla Yallis *Isletas de Garzas *Islote de Juan Perez * Isla de Mona - Mayagüez municipality * Isla de Ratones, Ponce * Isla de Ratones ( Cabo Rojo municipality) *

Isla de Vieques Vieques (; ), officially Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands. Vieques is part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, ...

* Isla Monito - Mayagüez municipality *Islote Numero dos *Isla Palominitos, *Isla Palominos, *Isla Piñeros, *La Blanquilla *La Cordillera *Las Cabritas *Las Cucarachas *Las Hermanas *Las Lavanderas del Este *Las Lavanderas del Oeste *Los Farallones *Los Gemelos *Los Negritos *Mata Redonda *Pela *Pelaita *Penon Brusi *Penon de Afuera *Penon de San Jorge *Piedra Stevens *Piedra del Norte *Piragua de Adentro *Piragua de Afuera, *

(Boriken Island), *Punta Larga, *Punta Mosquitos, *Roca Alcatraz, *Roca Cocinera, *Roca Cucaracha, *Roca Culumna, *Roca Ola, *Roca Resuello, , *Roca Speck, *Roca Velásquez, *Tres Hermanas, *Tres Hermanos,

United States Virgin Islands

There are about 84 islands in the

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an Territories of the United States, uninco ...

, including: *Barrel of Beef, *Blinders Rocks, *Booby Rock, *Bovoni Cay, * Buck Island -

Saint Croix Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincor ...

, * Buck Island - Saint Thomas, *Calf Rock, * Capella Islands, * Carval Rock or Carvel Rock, *

Cas Cay Cas Cay is a undeveloped island, situated a mile south of Red Hook on the eastern side of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. It is under the protection of the Department of Natural Resources. Ferries here depart from Compass Poi ...

, * Cinnamon Cay, *Cockroach Island, *Coculus Rock, *Cololoba Cay, * Congo Cay, *Cow Rock, *Cricket Rock, *Current Rock, * Dog Island, *Dog Rocks, *Domkirk Rock, *Dry Rock, *Durloe Cays, *Dut Cheap Cay *Fish Cay, * Flanagan Island, *Flat Cays, *Gorret Rock, * Grass Cay, * Great Saint James Island, *

, *Green Cay - Saint Thomas, *

Hans Lollik Island The Hans Lollik Islands are two privately-owned islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Great Hans Lollik Island ("GHL") is found approximately 8,000 feet (2½ km) beyond the central northshore of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, separated from St. ...

, *Hans Lollik Rock, * Hassel Island, * Henley Cay, * Inner Brass Island, * Kalkun Cay, * Leduck Island, *Limestone Rock, *

Little Hans Lollik Island Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

, *Harvey Island (Saint Croix), * Little Saint James Island, *Lizard Rocks, * Lovango Cay, * Mingo Cay, * Outer Brass Island, *Packet Rock, *Patricia Cay, *Pelican Cay, *Perkins Cay, *Porpoise Rocks, * Protestant Cay, * Ramgoat Cay, *Rata Cay, *Rotto Cay, *Rupert Rock, * Ruth Island, * Saba Island, *

, * Saint John, * Saint Thomas, *Salt Cay, *Saltwater Money Rock, *Sandy Point Rock, * Savana Island, *

Shark Island Shark Island may refer to: Places *Cocos Island, Costa Rica *Shark Island, Namibia, off the coast of Namibia *Shark Island Concentration Camp, at Shark Island, Namibia *Shark Island (Port Jackson), in Sydney Harbour, Australia *Shark Island (Cronu ...

, *Skipper Jacob Rock, * Steven Cay, *The Stragglers, *Sula Cay, * Thatch Cay, *Triangle Islands, * Trunk Cay, *Turtleback Rock, * Turtledove Cay, *Two Brothers, * Water Island, * Waterlemon Cay, *Welk Rocks, *West Cay, * Whistling Cay, Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, Saint John, and Water Island are the main four United States Virgin Islands. The capital, Charlotte Amalie, is on Saint Thomas.

Islands of the State of Florida

While not technically part of the Caribbean, the islands of the

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...

in the

are considered by some to be part of the greater Caribbean Region. Regions of Florida include:

South Florida South Florida is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the other two are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of ...

, Southwest Florida, and the

Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral island, coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about south of ...

. * Geiger Key, *

Key West Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it con ...

, *

Key Largo Key Largo ( es, Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the keys, at long. It is one of the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, and the northernmost of the keys connected b ...

, *

Stock Island Stock Island is an island in the lower Florida Keys immediately east of Key West (separated from Key West by Cow Key Channel, which is only about 75 yards (70 m) wide). Immediately northwest is Key Haven (official name ''Raccoon Key''), from whi ...

Venezuela

The following islands of

are in the Caribbean Sea: * Archipiélago Las Aves **

Isla La Blanquilla Blanquilla is an island, one of the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea about 293 km (182 miles) northeast of Caracas. It is a popular location for divers, as well as famous for its white sand beach ...

, * Archipiélago Los Monjes, * Archipiélago Los Roques, * Isla de Aves, *

Isla de Coche Isla de Coche (''Coche Island'') is one of three islands forming the Nueva Esparta State of Venezuela, located in the Caribbean between Isla Margarita and the mainland. The other two islands are Isla Margarita, the main island of the state, an ...

, *

Isla de Cubagua Cubagua Island or Isla de Cubagua () is the smallest and least populated of the three islands constituting the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, after Margarita Island and Coche Island. It is located north of the Araya Peninsula, the close ...

, * Isla de Patos, * Isla de Toas, * Isla de Zapara. * Isla La Orchila, * Isla La Sola, *

Isla La Tortuga La Tortuga Island (; "La Tortuga" means "the turtle") is an uninhabited island of Venezuela, the largest in the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela. It is part of a group of islands that include the Tortuguillos and Cayo Herradura. Isla La Tort ...

, *

Isla Margarita Margarita Island (, ) is the largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, situated off the northeastern coast of the country, in the Caribbean Sea. The capital city of Nueva Esparta, La Asunción, is located on the island. History ...

, * Isla San Carlos, *

Islas los Frailes The Islas Los Frailes are an archipelago of rock islets with sparse scrub vegetation belonging to the Federal dependencies of Venezuela, part of Venezuela.Vargas, Francisco Alejandro. 1983: Nuestros héroes navales. Comandancia General de la Arm ...

, * Islas Caracas, * Islas los Hermanos, * Islas los Testigos,

References

* {{#related:Jamaica

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