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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibisches_Meer" title="Karibisches Meer – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Karibisches Meer" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%AB%E1%88%AA%E1%89%A2%E1%8B%AB%E1%8A%95_%E1%89%A3%E1%88%95%E1%88%AD" title="ካሪቢያን ባሕር – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ካሪቢያን ባሕር" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribisc_S%C3%A6" title="Caribisc Sæ – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Caribisc Sæ" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A" title="البحر الكاريبي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="البحر الكاريبي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Caribe" title="Mar Caribe – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Mar Caribe" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Քարիպեան ծով – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Քարիպեան ծով" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%B0" title="কেৰিবিয়ান সাগৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="কেৰিবিয়ান সাগৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Caribe" title="Mar Caribe – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mar Caribe" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Kar%C3%ADve" title="Para Karíve – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Para Karíve" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karib_d%C9%99nizi" title="Karib dənizi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Karib dənizi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="کارائیب دنیزی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کارائیب دنیزی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segara_Karibia" title="Segara Karibia – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Segara Karibia" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karayibu_Ji" title="Karayibu Ji – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="Karayibu Ji" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0" title="ক্যারিবীয় সাগর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ক্যারিবীয় সাগর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribe_H%C3%A1i" title="Caribe Hái – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Caribe Hái" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D2%A3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D2%99%D0%B5" title="Кариб диңгеҙе – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Кариб диңгеҙе" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Карыбскае мора – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Карыбскае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Карыбскае мора – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Карыбскае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="कैरेबियन सागर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कैरेबियन सागर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Карибско море – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Карибско море" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibischs_Meea" title="Karibischs Meea – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Karibischs Meea" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karipsko_more" title="Karipsko more – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Karipsko more" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Karib" title="Mor Karib – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Mor Karib" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Карибын тэнгис – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Карибын тэнгис" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Carib" title="Mar Carib – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mar Carib" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%C4%95%D1%81%C4%95" title="Кариб тинĕсĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Кариб тинĕсĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagat_Caribbean" title="Dagat Caribbean – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Dagat Caribbean" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibsk%C3%A9_mo%C5%99e" title="Karibské moře – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Karibské moře" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Caribe" title="Mar Caribe – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Mar Caribe" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_di_i_Caraibi" title="Mari di i Caraibi – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Mari di i Caraibi" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B4r_y_Carib%C3%AE" title="Môr y Caribî – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Môr y Caribî" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribiske_Hav" title="Caribiske Hav – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Caribiske Hav" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibisches_Meer" title="Karibisches Meer – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Karibisches Meer" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay%C3%ADb%C3%ADyins%C3%AD%C3%AD_(t%C3%B3nteel)" title="Kayíbíyinsíí (tónteel) – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Kayíbíyinsíí (tónteel)" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibiske_m%C3%B3rjo" title="Karibiske mórjo – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Karibiske mórjo" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariibi_meri" title="Kariibi meri – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kariibi meri" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%98%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1" title="Καραϊβική Θάλασσα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καραϊβική Θάλασσα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Caribe" title="Mar Caribe – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mar Caribe" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariba_Maro" title="Kariba Maro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kariba Maro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Caribi" title="Mari Caribi – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Mari Caribi" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibe_itsasoa" title="Karibe itsasoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Karibe itsasoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%A8" title="دریای کارائیب – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دریای کارائیب" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Caribbean Sea" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibiska_Havi%C3%B0" title="Karibiska Havið – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Karibiska Havið" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mer_des_Cara%C3%AFbes" title="Mer des Caraïbes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mer des Caraïbes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibyske_See" title="Karibyske See – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Karibyske See" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muir_Chairib" title="Muir Chairib – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Muir Chairib" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Vooir_Charibagh" title="Yn Vooir Charibagh – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Vooir Charibagh" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_Muir_Caraibeach" title="Am Muir Caraibeach – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Am Muir Caraibeach" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Caribe" title="Mar Caribe – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mar Caribe" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Кариба форд – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Кариба форд" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%9A_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کارائيب ٚ دریا – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="کارائيب ٚ دریا" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A8_%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%B0" title="કેરેબિયન સાગર – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="કેરેબિયન સાગર" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribe-h%C3%B3i" title="Caribe-hói – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Caribe-hói" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A6%AC%EB%B8%8C%ED%95%B4" title="카리브해 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카리브해" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A2%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Կարիբյան ծով – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կարիբյան ծով" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="कॅरीबियाई सागर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कॅरीबियाई सागर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibiske_morjo" title="Karibiske morjo – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Karibiske morjo" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karipsko_more" title="Karipsko more – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Karipsko more" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibiana_Maro" title="Karibiana Maro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Karibiana Maro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybay_Karibe" title="Baybay Karibe – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Baybay Karibe" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Karibia" title="Laut Karibia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Laut Karibia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Caribe" title="Mar Caribe – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Mar Caribe" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%8B_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Карибы денджыз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Карибы денджыз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C3%ADbahaf" title="Karíbahaf – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Karíbahaf" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Caraibico" title="Mare Caraibico – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mare Caraibico" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%91%D7%99" title="הים הקריבי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הים הקריבי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagara_Karibiya" title="Sagara Karibiya – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Sagara Karibiya" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karayiib%C9%A9_Te%C5%8Bgu" title="Karayiibɩ Teŋgu – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Karayiibɩ Teŋgu" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0" title="ಕೆರಿಬ್ಬಿಯನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೆರಿಬ್ಬಿಯನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="კარიბის ზღვა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კარიბის ზღვა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A3%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%96" title="Кариб теңізі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Кариб теңізі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Karib" title="Mor Karib – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Mor Karib" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahari_ya_Karibi" title="Bahari ya Karibi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bahari ya Karibi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariba_Bira" title="Kariba Bira – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Kariba Bira" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanm%C3%A8_Karayib" title="Lanmè Karayib – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lanmè Karayib" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanm%C3%A8_Karayib" title="Lanmè Karayib – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Lanmè Karayib" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deryaya_Kar%C3%AEb%C3%AA" title="Deryaya Karîbê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Deryaya Karîbê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D2%A3%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8" title="Кариб деңизи – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Кариб деңизи" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B6" title="Кариб тангыж – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Кариб тангыж" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Caribaeum" title="Mare Caribaeum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mare Caribaeum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C4%ABbu_j%C5%ABra" title="Karību jūra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Karību jūra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibescht_Mier" title="Karibescht Mier – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Karibescht Mier" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D0%B3%D1%8C%D1%83%D1%8C%D0%BB" title="Кариб гьуьл – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Кариб гьуьл" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karib%C5%B3_j%C5%ABra" title="Karibų jūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Karibų jūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribische_Zi%C3%A8" title="Caribische Ziè – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Caribische Ziè" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Caribe" title="Mar Caribe – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Mar Caribe" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibien_meri" title="Karibien meri – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Karibien meri" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/karibes._zei_xamsi" title="karibes. zei xamsi – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="karibes. zei xamsi" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_di_Caraib" title="Mar di Caraib – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Mar di Caraib" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karib-tenger" title="Karib-tenger – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Karib-tenger" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="क्यारेबियन सागर – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="क्यारेबियन सागर" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Карипско Море – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Карипско Море" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranomasina_Kara%C3%AEba" title="Ranomasina Karaîba – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ranomasina Karaîba" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BD" title="കരീബിയൻ കടൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കരീബിയൻ കടൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="कॅरिबियन समुद्र – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कॅरिबियन समुद्र" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%90" title="კარიბიშ ზუღა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კარიბიშ ზუღა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%89" title="البحر الكاريبى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="البحر الكاريبى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کارائیب دریا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کارائیب دریا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Caribbean" title="Laut Caribbean – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Laut Caribbean" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribe_H%C4%81i" title="Caribe Hāi – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Caribe Hāi" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8C" title="Карибонь иневедь – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Карибонь иневедь" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Карибын тэнгис – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Карибын тэнгис" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%98%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9A%E1%80%B6_%E1%80%95%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="ကာရစ်ဘီယံ ပင်လယ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကာရစ်ဘီယံ ပင်လယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cara%C3%AFbische_Zee" title="Caraïbische Zee – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Caraïbische Zee" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="क्यारिबियाली सागर – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="क्यारिबियाली सागर" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="क्यारिबियन सागर – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="क्यारिबियन सागर" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%96%E6%B5%B7" title="カリブ海 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カリブ海" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%85%D3%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Карибийн хӀорд – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Карибийн хӀорд" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariibisk_Sia" title="Kariibisk Sia – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kariibisk Sia" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_karibiske_hav" title="Det karibiske hav – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Det karibiske hav" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_karibiske_havet" title="Det karibiske havet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det karibiske havet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Cariba" title="Mar Cariba – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mar Cariba" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karib_dengizi" title="Karib dengizi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Karib dengizi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%88_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0" title="ਕਰੀਬੀਆਈ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕਰੀਬੀਆਈ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="کیریبین سمندر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کیریبین سمندر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laman_Karibe" title="Laman Karibe – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Laman Karibe" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiaribiyan_Sii" title="Kiaribiyan Sii – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Kiaribiyan Sii" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_dij_Car%C3%A0ib" title="Mar dij Caràib – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Mar dij Caràib" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibische_See" title="Karibische See – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Karibische See" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morze_Karaibskie" title="Morze Karaibskie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Morze Karaibskie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_do_Caribe" title="Mar do Caribe – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mar do Caribe" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karib_te%C5%84izi" title="Karib teńizi – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Karib teńizi" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marea_Caraibilor" title="Marea Caraibilor – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Marea Caraibilor" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Карібске море – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Карібске море" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Карибское море – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Карибское море" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D2%95%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Кариб байҕала – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Кариб байҕала" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Cara%C3%ACbicu" title="Mare Caraìbicu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Mare Caraìbicu" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deti_i_Karaibeve" title="Deti i Karaibeve – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Deti i Karaibeve" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_d%C3%AE_Car%C3%A0ibbi" title="Mari dî Caràibbi – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Mari dî Caràibbi" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AF" title="කැරිබියන් මුහුද – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කැරිබියන් මුහුද" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Caribbean Sea" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A6%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%DA%8A" title="ڪيريبئن سمنڊ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڪيريبئن سمنڊ" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibsk%C3%A9_more" title="Karibské more – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Karibské more" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibsko_morje" title="Karibsko morje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Karibsko morje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karajibske_Morze" title="Karajibske Morze – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Karajibske Morze" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bada_Kaariibiyaanka" title="Bada Kaariibiyaanka – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Bada Kaariibiyaanka" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="دەریای کاریبی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دەریای کاریبی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Карипско море – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Карипско море" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karipsko_more" title="Karipsko more – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Karipsko more" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Karibia" title="Laut Karibia – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Laut Karibia" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibianmeri" title="Karibianmeri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Karibianmeri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibiska_havet" title="Karibiska havet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Karibiska havet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagat_Karibe" title="Dagat Karibe – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Dagat Karibe" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="கரிபியக் கடல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கரிபியக் கடல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilel_Akaribi" title="Ilel Akaribi – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Ilel Akaribi" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Caraibeche" title="Mare Caraibeche – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Mare Caraibeche" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D2%A3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="Кариб диңгезе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Кариб диңгезе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99" title="ทะเลแคริบเบียน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ทะเลแคริบเบียน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D2%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1" title="Баҳри Кариб – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Баҳри Кариб" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karayip_Denizi" title="Karayip Denizi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Karayip Denizi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karib_de%C5%88zi" title="Karib deňzi – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Karib deňzi" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyai_A%CC%B1sa%CC%B1khwot_Karibi" title="Kyai A̱sa̱khwot Karibi – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Kyai A̱sa̱khwot Karibi" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%8C" title="Карибской зарезь – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Карибской зарезь" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Карибське море – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Карибське море" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%81_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بحیرہ کریبین – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بحیرہ کریبین" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_dei_Car%C3%A0ibi" title="Mar dei Caràibi – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Mar dei Caràibi" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariban_meri" title="Kariban meri – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Kariban meri" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%E1%BB%83n_Caribe" title="Biển Caribe – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Biển Caribe" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-guc mw-list-item"><a href="https://guc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaaka_Kariiwe" title="Palaaka Kariiwe – Wayuu" lang="guc" hreflang="guc" data-title="Palaaka Kariiwe" data-language-autonym="Wayuunaiki" data-language-local-name="Wayuu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wayuunaiki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karajiebiesche_Z%C3%AAe" title="Karajiebiesche Zêe – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Karajiebiesche Zêe" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagat_Caribe" title="Dagat Caribe – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Dagat Caribe" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E5%8B%92%E6%AF%94%E6%B5%B7" title="加勒比海 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="加勒比海" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%99%D7%9D" title="קאראיבישער ים – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="קאראיבישער ים" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%92kun_K%C3%A0r%C3%ADb%E1%BA%B9%CC%81%C3%A1n%C3%AC" title="Òkun Kàríbẹ́ánì – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Òkun Kàríbẹ́ánì" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E5%8B%92%E6%AF%94%E6%B5%B7" title="加勒比海 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="加勒比海" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C4%97bu_j%C5%ABra" title="Karėbu jūra – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Karėbu jūra" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E5%8B%92%E6%AF%94%E6%B5%B7" title="加勒比海 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="加勒比海" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kge mw-list-item"><a href="https://kge.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawok_Karibia" title="Lawok Karibia – Komering" lang="kge" hreflang="kge" data-title="Lawok Karibia" data-language-autonym="Kumoring" data-language-local-name="Komering" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kumoring</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zgh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zgh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%B5%89%E2%B5%8D%E2%B5%8D_%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%BD%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%89%E2%B4%B1%E2%B5%89" title="ⵉⵍⵍ ⴰⴽⴰⵔⵉⴱⵉ – Standard Moroccan Tamazight" lang="zgh" hreflang="zgh" data-title="ⵉⵍⵍ ⴰⴽⴰⵔⵉⴱⵉ" data-language-autonym="ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ" data-language-local-name="Standard Moroccan Tamazight" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q1247#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div 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href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/23px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/35px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/45px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/45px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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/><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">2,754,000 km<sup>2</sup> (1,063,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">7,686 m (25,217 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Category:Islands_by_body_of_water" title="Category:Islands by body of water">Islands</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trenches</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Trench" class="mw-redirect" title="Cayman Trench">Cayman Trench</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Trench" title="Puerto Rico Trench">Puerto Rico Trench</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Major cities</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:left;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Barcelona,_Venezuela" title="Barcelona, Venezuela">Barcelona</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Belize"><img alt="Belize" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belize_City" title="Belize City">Belize City</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua"><img alt="Nicaragua" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Spain" title="Port of Spain">Port of Spain</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala"><img alt="Guatemala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/23px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/35px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/46px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Cortes" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Cortes">Puerto Cortes</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba"><img alt="Cuba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Padre" title="Puerto Padre">Puerto Padre</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Puerto_la_Cruz" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto la Cruz">Puerto la Cruz</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Punto_Fijo" title="Punto Fijo">Punto Fijo</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Riohacha" title="Riohacha">Riohacha</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica"><img alt="Dominica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roseau" title="Roseau">Roseau</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Andr%C3%A9s_(island)" title="San Andrés (island)">San Andrés</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico"><img alt="Puerto Rico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/45px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago"><img alt="Trinidad and Tobago" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Fernando,_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago">San Fernando</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Marta" title="Santa Marta">Santa Marta</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba"><img alt="Cuba" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Cuba" title="Santiago de Cuba">Santiago de Cuba</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_los_Caballeros" title="Santiago de los Caballeros">Santiago de los Caballeros</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago"><img alt="Trinidad and Tobago" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Scarborough,_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="Scarborough, Tobago">Scarborough</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada"><img alt="Grenada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s,_Grenada" title="St. George's, Grenada">St. George's</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda"><img alt="Antigua and Barbuda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s,_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda">St. John's</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turbo,_Colombia" title="Turbo, Colombia">Turbo</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao"><img alt="Curaçao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Willemstad" title="Willemstad">Willemstad</a> <br /></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Caribbean Sea</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a sea of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropics</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>, located south of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> and southwest of the <a href="/wiki/Sargasso_Sea" title="Sargasso Sea">Sargasso Sea</a>. It is bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> to the north from <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> to <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> to the east from the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a> to <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> to the south from the <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuelan coastline</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombian coastline</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán Peninsula</a> to the west from <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Geopolitics" title="Geopolitics">geopolitical</a> region centered around the Caribbean Sea, including the numerous islands of the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> and adjacent coastal areas in the <a href="/wiki/Mainland" title="Mainland">mainland</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>, is known as the <b><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a></b>. </p><p>The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest seas on Earth and has an area of about 2,754,000 km<sup>2</sup> (1,063,000 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sea's deepest point is the <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Trough" title="Cayman Trough">Cayman Trough</a>, between the <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, at 7,686 m (25,217 ft) below <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>. The Caribbean coastline has many <a href="/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf">gulfs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bays</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Gon%C3%A2ve" title="Gulf of Gonâve">Gulf of Gonâve</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Venezuela" title="Gulf of Venezuela">Gulf of Venezuela</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Dari%C3%A9n" title="Gulf of Darién">Gulf of Darién</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golfo_de_los_Mosquitos" title="Golfo de los Mosquitos">Golfo de los Mosquitos</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Paria" title="Gulf of Paria">Gulf of Paria</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Honduras" title="Gulf of Honduras">Gulf of Honduras</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reef_247.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Reef_247.jpg/170px-Reef_247.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Reef_247.jpg/255px-Reef_247.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Reef_247.jpg/340px-Reef_247.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a><figcaption>Coral reef near <a href="/wiki/Soufri%C3%A8re_Quarter" class="mw-redirect" title="Soufrière Quarter">Soufrière Quarter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Caribbean Sea has the world's second-largest <a href="/wiki/Barrier_reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrier reef">barrier reef</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mesoamerican_Barrier_Reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesoamerican Barrier Reef">Mesoamerican Barrier Reef</a>. It runs 1,000 km (620 mi) along the Mexico, <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> coasts. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Caribbean" title="History of the Caribbean">History of the Caribbean</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Columbus_landing_on_Hispaniola_adj.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Columbus_landing_on_Hispaniola_adj.jpg/220px-Columbus_landing_on_Hispaniola_adj.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Columbus_landing_on_Hispaniola_adj.jpg/330px-Columbus_landing_on_Hispaniola_adj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Columbus_landing_on_Hispaniola_adj.jpg/440px-Columbus_landing_on_Hispaniola_adj.jpg 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> landing on <a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a> in 1492</figcaption></figure> <p>The name <i>Caribbean</i> derives from the <a href="/wiki/Island_Caribs" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Caribs">Caribs</a>, one of the region's dominant native people at the time of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> contact during the late <a href="/wiki/15th_century" title="15th century">15th century</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> landed in <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a> in <a href="/wiki/1492" title="1492">1492</a> and later discovered some of the islands in The Caribbean, the Spanish term <i><a href="/wiki/Antillas" class="mw-redirect" title="Antillas">Antillas</a></i> applied to the lands; stemming from this, the <i>Sea of the Antilles</i> became a common alternative name for the "Caribbean Sea" in various European languages. Spanish dominance in the region remained undisputed during the first century of European colonization. </p><p>From the 16th century, <a href="/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="European colonization of the Americas">Europeans</a> visiting the Caribbean region distinguished the <a href="/wiki/Great_South_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Great South Sea">"South Sea"</a> (the Pacific Ocean south of the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus" title="Isthmus">isthmus</a> of Panama) from the "North Sea" (the Caribbean Sea north of the same isthmus).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tulum-Seaside-2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Tulum-Seaside-2010.jpg/220px-Tulum-Seaside-2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Tulum-Seaside-2010.jpg/330px-Tulum-Seaside-2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Tulum-Seaside-2010.jpg/440px-Tulum-Seaside-2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2796" data-file-height="1699" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tulum" title="Tulum">Tulum</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Mayan</a> city on the coast of the Caribbean in the state of <a href="/wiki/Quintana_Roo" title="Quintana Roo">Quintana Roo, Mexico</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Caribbean Sea had been unknown to the populations of <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> until after 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed into Caribbean waters to find a sea route to Asia. At that time, the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> were generally unknown to most Europeans, although <a href="/wiki/Norse_colonization_of_North_America" title="Norse colonization of North America">they had been visited in the 10th century</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a>. Following Columbus's discovery of the islands, the area was quickly colonized by several Western cultures (initially <a href="/wiki/Spain#Imperial_Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, then later <a href="/wiki/England#Early_Modern" title="England">England</a>, the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Netherlands#The_Dutch_in_the_Americas" title="History of the Netherlands">Dutch Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire#The_Americas" title="French colonial empire">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curonian_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Curonian colonization of the Americas">Courland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Danish_colonization_of_the_Americas#West_Indies_(1754-1917)" title="Danish colonization of the Americas">Denmark</a>). Following the colonization of the Caribbean islands, the Caribbean Sea became a busy area for European-based marine trading and transports. This commerce eventually attracted <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean" title="Piracy in the Caribbean">pirates</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Bellamy" title="Samuel Bellamy">Samuel Bellamy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackbeard" title="Blackbeard">Blackbeard</a>. </p><p>As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the area is home to 22 island <a href="/wiki/Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Territories">territories</a> and borders 12 continental <a href="/wiki/Countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Countries">countries</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extent">Extent</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Extent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> defines the limits of the Caribbean Sea as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>On the North.</i> In the <a href="/wiki/Windward_Passage" title="Windward Passage">Windward Channel</a> – a line joining Caleta Point (74°15′W) in <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> and Pearl Point (19°40′N) in <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Mona_Passage" title="Mona Passage">Mona Passage</a> – a line joining <a href="/wiki/Cape_Enga%C3%B1o_(Dominican_Republic)" title="Cape Engaño (Dominican Republic)">Cape Engaño</a> and the extreme of Agujereada (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Caribbean_Sea&params=18_31_N_67_08_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°31′N</span> <span class="longitude">67°08′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">18.517°N 67.133°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">18.517; -67.133</span></span></span></a></span></span>) in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anegada_Horseshoe_Reef.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Anegada_Horseshoe_Reef.jpg/220px-Anegada_Horseshoe_Reef.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Anegada_Horseshoe_Reef.jpg/330px-Anegada_Horseshoe_Reef.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Anegada_Horseshoe_Reef.jpg/440px-Anegada_Horseshoe_Reef.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Coral reefs in the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>Eastern limits.</i> From <a href="/w/index.php?title=Point_San_Diego&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Point San Diego (page does not exist)">Point San Diego</a> (Puerto Rico) Northward along the meridian thereof (65°39′W) to the 100-fathom line, thence Eastward and Southward, in such a manner that all islands, shoals and narrow waters of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> are included in the Caribbean Sea as far as but not including Trinidad. From before <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a> to Baja Point (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Caribbean_Sea&params=9_32_N_61_0_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°32′N</span> <span class="longitude">61°0′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.533°N 61.000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.533; -61.000</span></span></span></a></span></span>) in <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Although Trinidad and Tobago and <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> are on the same continental shelf, they are considered to be in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> rather than in the Caribbean Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Caribbean Sea is an oceanic sea on the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a>. The Caribbean Sea is separated from the ocean by several <a href="/wiki/Island_arc" title="Island arc">island arcs</a> of various ages. The youngest stretches from the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a> to north of <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, which is in the Atlantic. This arc was formed by the collision of the <a href="/wiki/South_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="South American Plate">South American Plate</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a>. It included active and extinct <a href="/wiki/Volcanoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Volcanoes">volcanoes</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pelee" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Pelee">Mount Pelee</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Quill_(volcano)" title="The Quill (volcano)">the Quill</a> on <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">Caribbean Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Soufri%C3%A8re_(volcano)" class="mw-redirect" title="La Soufrière (volcano)">La Soufrière</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morne_Trois_Pitons" class="mw-redirect" title="Morne Trois Pitons">Morne Trois Pitons</a> on <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a>. The larger islands in the northern part of the sea <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> lie on an older island arc. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caribbean_Sea_Gulf_of_Mexico_shaded_relief_bathymetry_land_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Caribbean_Sea_Gulf_of_Mexico_shaded_relief_bathymetry_land_map.png/310px-Caribbean_Sea_Gulf_of_Mexico_shaded_relief_bathymetry_land_map.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Caribbean_Sea_Gulf_of_Mexico_shaded_relief_bathymetry_land_map.png/465px-Caribbean_Sea_Gulf_of_Mexico_shaded_relief_bathymetry_land_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Caribbean_Sea_Gulf_of_Mexico_shaded_relief_bathymetry_land_map.png/620px-Caribbean_Sea_Gulf_of_Mexico_shaded_relief_bathymetry_land_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="664" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Terrain_cartography" title="Terrain cartography">shaded relief</a> map of the Caribbean Sea and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> area<sup id="cite_ref-GLOBE_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GLOBE-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ETOPO1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ETOPO1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The geological age of the Caribbean Sea is estimated to be between 160 and 180 million years and was formed by a horizontal fracture that split the <a href="/wiki/Supercontinent" title="Supercontinent">supercontinent</a> called <a href="/wiki/Pangea" class="mw-redirect" title="Pangea">Pangea</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mesozoic_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesozoic Era">Mesozoic Era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is assumed the proto-caribbean basin existed in the <a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> period and in the early <a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">Carboniferous</a> movement of <a href="/wiki/Gondwana" title="Gondwana">Gondwana</a> to the north and its convergence with the <a href="/wiki/Euramerica" title="Euramerica">Euramerica</a> basin decreased in size. The next stage of the Caribbean Sea's formation began in the <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a>. Powerful <a href="/wiki/Rifting" class="mw-redirect" title="Rifting">rifting</a> led to the formation of narrow troughs, stretching from modern <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico's</a> west coast, forming <a href="/wiki/Siliciclastic" title="Siliciclastic">siliciclastic</a> <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary rocks</a>. In the early <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> due to powerful <a href="/wiki/Marine_transgression" title="Marine transgression">marine transgression</a>, water broke into the present area of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> creating a vast shallow pool. Deep basins emerged in the Caribbean during the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Jurassic" title="Middle Jurassic">Middle Jurassic</a> <a href="/wiki/Rifting" class="mw-redirect" title="Rifting">rifting</a>. The emergence of these basins marked the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> and contributed to the destruction of <a href="/wiki/Pangaea" title="Pangaea">Pangaea</a> at the end of the late <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> the Caribbean acquired a shape close to today. In the early <a href="/wiki/Paleogene" title="Paleogene">Paleogene</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Marine_regression" title="Marine regression">marine regression</a> the Caribbean became separated from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> by the land of <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>. The Caribbean remained like this for most of the <a href="/wiki/Cenozoic" title="Cenozoic">Cenozoic</a> until the <a href="/wiki/Holocene" title="Holocene">Holocene</a> when rising water levels of the oceans restored communication with the Atlantic Ocean. </p><p>The Caribbean's floor is composed of sub-oceanic <a href="/wiki/Sediments" class="mw-redirect" title="Sediments">sediments</a> of <a href="/wiki/Deep_red_clay" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep red clay">deep red clay</a> in the deep basins and troughs. On continental slopes and ridges <a href="/wiki/Calcareous" title="Calcareous">calcareous</a> <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silts</a> are found. <a href="/wiki/Clay_minerals" class="mw-redirect" title="Clay minerals">Clay minerals</a> have likely been deposited by the mainland river <a href="/wiki/Orinoco" title="Orinoco">Orinoco</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Magdalena_River" title="Magdalena River">Magdalena River</a>. Deposits on the bottom of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico have a thickness of about 1 km (0.62 mi). Upper sedimentary layers relate to the period from the <a href="/wiki/Mesozoic" title="Mesozoic">Mesozoic</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Cenozoic" title="Cenozoic">Cenozoic</a> (250 million years ago) and the lower layers from the <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Mesozoic" title="Mesozoic">Mesozoic</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png/350px-Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png/525px-Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png/700px-Caribbean_plate_tectonics-en.png 2x" data-file-width="925" data-file-height="527" /></a><figcaption>Caribbean plate tectonics</figcaption></figure> <p>The Caribbean <a href="/wiki/Seabed" title="Seabed">seafloor</a> is divided into five <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_basin" title="Oceanic basin">basins</a> separated from each other by underwater ridges and mountain ranges. Atlantic Ocean water enters the Caribbean through the <i>Anegada Passage</i> between the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a> and the <i>Windward Passage</i> between <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Channel" title="Yucatán Channel">Yucatán Channel</a> between Mexico and Cuba links the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> with the Caribbean. The deepest points of the sea lie in <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Trough" title="Cayman Trough">Cayman Trough</a> with depths reaching approximately 7,686 m (25,220 ft). Despite this, the Caribbean Sea is considered a relatively shallow sea compared to other bodies of water. The pressure of the <a href="/wiki/South_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="South American Plate">South American Plate</a> to the east of the Caribbean causes the region of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> to have high volcanic activity. A very serious eruption of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pel%C3%A9e" title="Mount Pelée">Mount Pelée</a> in 1902 caused many casualties. </p><p>The Caribbean sea floor is also home to two <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_trench" title="Oceanic trench">oceanic trenches</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Trench" class="mw-redirect" title="Cayman Trench">Cayman Trench</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Trench" title="Puerto Rico Trench">Puerto Rico Trench</a>, which put the area at a high risk of <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a>. Underwater earthquakes pose a threat of generating <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunamis</a> which could have a devastating effect on the Caribbean islands. Scientific data reveals that over the last 500 years, the area has seen a dozen earthquakes above 7.5 magnitude.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most recently, a 7.1 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="List of islands in the Caribbean">List of islands in the Caribbean</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oceanography">Oceanography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Oceanography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulfstream.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Gulfstream.jpg/220px-Gulfstream.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Gulfstream.jpg/330px-Gulfstream.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Gulfstream.jpg/440px-Gulfstream.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="745" /></a><figcaption>Sketch of the <a href="/wiki/North_Equatorial_Current" title="North Equatorial Current">North Equatorial Current</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Stream" title="Gulf Stream">Gulf Stream</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Hydrology" title="Hydrology">hydrology</a> of the sea has a high level of homogeneity. Annual variations in monthly average water temperatures at the surface do not exceed 3 °C (5.4 °F). Over the past 50 years, the Caribbean has gone through three stages: cooling until 1974, a cold phase with peaks during 1974–1976 and 1984–1986, and finally a warming phase with an increase in temperature of 0.6 °C (1.1 °F) per year. Virtually all temperature extremes were associated with the phenomena of <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o" class="mw-redirect" title="El Niño">El Niño</a> and <a href="/wiki/La_Ni%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="La Niña">La Niña</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Salinity" title="Salinity">salinity</a> of the seawater is about 3.6%, and its <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">density</a> is 1,023.5–1,024.0 kg/m<sup>3</sup> (63.90–63.93 lb/cu ft). The surface water color is <a href="/wiki/Blue-green" title="Blue-green">blue-green</a> to <a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">green</a>. </p><p>The Caribbean's depth in its wider basins and deep-water temperatures are similar to those of the Atlantic. Atlantic deep water is thought to spill into the Caribbean and contribute to the general deep water of its sea.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surface water (30 m; 100 ft) acts as an extension of the northern Atlantic as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Guiana_Current&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guiana Current (page does not exist)">Guiana Current</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/North_Equatorial_Current" title="North Equatorial Current">North Equatorial Current</a> enter the sea on the east. On the western side of the sea, the <a href="/wiki/Trade_winds" title="Trade winds">trade winds</a> influence a northerly current which causes an <a href="/wiki/Upwelling" title="Upwelling">upwelling</a> and a rich fishery near <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n" title="Yucatán">Yucatán</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Caribbean is home to about 9% of the world's <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reefs</a>, covering about 50,000 km<sup>2</sup> (19,000 sq mi), most of which are located off the Caribbean Islands and the <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central American</a> coast.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among them stands out the <a href="/wiki/Belize_Barrier_Reef" title="Belize Barrier Reef">Belize Barrier Reef</a>, with an area of 963 km<sup>2</sup> (372 sq mi), which was declared a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> in 1996. It forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Mayan_Reef" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Mayan Reef">Great Mayan Reef</a> (also known as the <a href="/wiki/MBRS" class="mw-redirect" title="MBRS">MBRS</a>) and, being over 1,000 km (600 mi) in length, is the world's second longest. It runs along the Caribbean coasts of <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>. </p><p>Since 2005 unusually warm Caribbean waters have been increasingly <a href="/wiki/Coral_bleaching" title="Coral bleaching">threatening Caribbean coral reefs</a>. Coral reefs support some of the most diverse marine habitats in the world, but they are fragile ecosystems. When tropical waters become unusually warm for extended periods of time, microscopic plants called <a href="/wiki/Zooxanthellae" title="Zooxanthellae">zooxanthellae</a>, which are <a href="/wiki/Symbiosis" title="Symbiosis">symbiotic</a> partners living within the coral <a href="/wiki/Polyp_(zoology)" title="Polyp (zoology)">polyp</a> tissues, die off. These plants provide food for the corals and give them their color. The result of the death and dispersal of these tiny plants is called <a href="/wiki/Coral_bleaching" title="Coral bleaching">coral bleaching</a>, and can lead to the devastation of large areas of reef. Over 42% of corals are completely bleached, and 95% are experiencing some type of whitening.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically the Caribbean is thought to contain 14% of the world's coral reefs.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belize_Barrier_Reef_from_space.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Belize_Barrier_Reef_from_space.png/610px-Belize_Barrier_Reef_from_space.png" decoding="async" width="610" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Belize_Barrier_Reef_from_space.png/915px-Belize_Barrier_Reef_from_space.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Belize_Barrier_Reef_from_space.png/1220px-Belize_Barrier_Reef_from_space.png 2x" data-file-width="3090" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption>The Belize Barrier Reef photographed from the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>The habitats supported by the reefs are critical to such tourist activities as <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Underwater_diving" title="Underwater diving">diving</a>, and provide an annual economic value to Caribbean nations of <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>3.1–4.6 billion. Continued destruction of the reefs could severely damage the region's economy.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <i>Protocol of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region</i> came in effect in 1986 to protect the various endangered marine life of the Caribbean through forbidding human activities that would advance the continued destruction of such marine life in various areas. Currently this protocol has been <a href="/wiki/Ratified" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratified">ratified</a> by 15 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, several charitable organisations have been formed to preserve the Caribbean marine life, such as <i>Caribbean Conservation Corporation</i> which seeks to study and protect <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtles" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea turtles">sea turtles</a> while educating others about them.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sian_Ka%27an_biosphere_reserve.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sian_Ka%27an_biosphere_reserve.jpg/220px-Sian_Ka%27an_biosphere_reserve.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sian_Ka%27an_biosphere_reserve.jpg/330px-Sian_Ka%27an_biosphere_reserve.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Sian_Ka%27an_biosphere_reserve.jpg/440px-Sian_Ka%27an_biosphere_reserve.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="681" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sian_Ka%27an" class="mw-redirect" title="Sian Ka'an">Sian Ka'an</a> Biosphere Reserve, Mexico</figcaption></figure> <p>In connection with the foregoing, the Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology of the <a href="/wiki/National_Autonomous_University_of_Mexico" title="National Autonomous University of Mexico">National Autonomous University of Mexico</a>, conducted a regional study, funded by the Department of Technical Cooperation of the <a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a>, in which specialists from 11 Latin American countries (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) plus Jamaica participated. The findings indicate that heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic, and lead, have been identified in the coastal zone of the Caribbean Sea. Analysis of toxic metals and hydrocarbons is based on the investigation of coastal sediments that have accumulated less than 50 meters deep during the last hundred and fifty years. The project results were presented in Vienna in the forum "Water Matters", and the 2011 General Conference of said multilateral organization.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Mediterranean, the Caribbean Sea is the second most polluted sea. Pollution (in the form of up to 300,000 tonnes of solid garbage dumped into the Caribbean Sea each year) is progressively endangering marine ecosystems, wiping out species, and harming the livelihoods of the local people, which is primarily reliant on tourism and fishing.<sup id="cite_ref-:111_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:111-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/KfW" title="KfW">KfW</a> took part in a €25.7 million funding agreement to eliminate marine trash and boost the <a href="/wiki/Circular_economy" title="Circular economy">circular economy</a> in the Caribbean's <a href="/wiki/Small_Island_Developing_States" title="Small Island Developing States">Small Island Developing States</a>. The project "Sustainable finance methods for marine preservation in the Caribbean" will assist remove solid waste and keep it out of the marine and coastal environment by establishing a new facility under the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF).<sup id="cite_ref-:111_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:111-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Non-governmental organizations, universities, public institutions, civil society organizations, and the corporate sector are all eligible for financing. The project is estimated to prevent and remove at least 15 000 tonnes of marine trash, benefiting at least 20 000 individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-:111_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:111-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NASA_ASMR-E_image_of_average_SSTs_of_Hurricane_Katrina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/NASA_ASMR-E_image_of_average_SSTs_of_Hurricane_Katrina.jpg/220px-NASA_ASMR-E_image_of_average_SSTs_of_Hurricane_Katrina.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/NASA_ASMR-E_image_of_average_SSTs_of_Hurricane_Katrina.jpg/330px-NASA_ASMR-E_image_of_average_SSTs_of_Hurricane_Katrina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/NASA_ASMR-E_image_of_average_SSTs_of_Hurricane_Katrina.jpg/440px-NASA_ASMR-E_image_of_average_SSTs_of_Hurricane_Katrina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>Average sea surface temperatures for the Caribbean Atlantic Ocean (25–27 August 2005).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> is seen just above <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The climate of the Caribbean is driven by the low latitude and tropical ocean currents that run through it. The principal ocean current is the <a href="/wiki/North_Equatorial_Current" title="North Equatorial Current">North Equatorial Current</a>, which enters the region from the tropical <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a>. The climate of the area is <a href="/wiki/Tropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical">tropical</a>, varying from <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest" title="Tropical rainforest">tropical rainforest</a> in some areas to <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical savanna">tropical savanna</a> in others. There are also some locations that are <a href="/wiki/Arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Arid">arid</a> climates with considerable drought in some years. </p><p>Rainfall varies with elevation, size, and water currents (cool upwelling keep the <a href="/wiki/ABC_islands_(Lesser_Antilles)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC islands (Lesser Antilles)">ABC islands</a> arid). Warm, moist <a href="/wiki/Trade_winds" title="Trade winds">trade winds</a> blow consistently from the east, creating both rainforest and semi-arid climates across the region. The tropical rainforest climates include lowland areas near the Caribbean Sea from <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a> north to <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, while the more seasonal dry tropical savanna climates are found in <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, northern <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, and southern <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán, Mexico</a>. Arid climates are found along the extreme northern coast of Venezuela out to the islands including <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, as well as the northern tip of Yucatán<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclones" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical cyclones">Tropical cyclones</a> are a threat to the nations that rim the Caribbean Sea. While landfalls are infrequent, the resulting loss of life and property damage makes them a significant hazard to life in the Caribbean. Tropical cyclones that impact the Caribbean often develop off the West coast of <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and make their way west across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean, while other storms develop in the Caribbean itself. The Caribbean hurricane season as a whole lasts from June through November, with the majority of hurricanes occurring during August and September. On average around nine tropical storms form each year, with five reaching hurricane strength. According to the <a href="/wiki/National_Hurricane_Center" title="National Hurricane Center">National Hurricane Center</a> 385 hurricanes occurred in the Caribbean between 1494 and 1900. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region has a high level of <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a> and many species are <a href="/wiki/Endemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic">endemic</a> to the Caribbean. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vegetation">Vegetation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Vegetation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vegetation of the region is mostly <a href="/wiki/Tropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical">tropical</a> but differences in <a href="/wiki/Topography" title="Topography">topography</a>, soil and climatic conditions increase <a href="/wiki/Species_diversity" title="Species diversity">species diversity</a>. Where there are porous limestone terraced islands these are generally poor in nutrients. It is estimated that 13,000 species of plants grow in the Caribbean of which 6,500 are <a href="/wiki/Endemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic">endemic</a>. For example, guaiac wood (<i><a href="/wiki/Guaiacum_officinale" title="Guaiacum officinale">Guaiacum officinale</a></i>), the flower of which is the national flower of <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> and the Bayahibe rose (<i><a href="/wiki/Pereskia_quisqueyana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pereskia quisqueyana">Pereskia quisqueyana</a></i>) which is the national flower of the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ceiba" title="Ceiba">ceiba</a> which is the national tree of both <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mahogany" title="Mahogany">mahogany</a> is the national tree of the Dominican Republic and <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>. The caimito (<i><a href="/wiki/Chrysophyllum_cainito" title="Chrysophyllum cainito">Chrysophyllum cainito</a></i>) grows throughout the Caribbean. In coastal zones there are <a href="/wiki/Coconut_palms" class="mw-redirect" title="Coconut palms">coconut palms</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Lagoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagoons">lagoons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Estuaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Estuaries">estuaries</a> are found thick areas of <a href="/wiki/Avicennia_germinans" title="Avicennia germinans">black mangrove</a> and red mangrove (<i><a href="/wiki/Rhizophora_mangle" title="Rhizophora mangle">Rhizophora mangle</a></i>). </p><p>In shallow water <a href="/wiki/Flora" title="Flora">flora</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fauna" title="Fauna">fauna</a> is concentrated around <a href="/wiki/Coral_reefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral reefs">coral reefs</a> where there is little variation in water temperature, purity and salinity. Leeward side of <a href="/wiki/Lagoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagoons">lagoons</a> provide areas of growth for <a href="/wiki/Sea_grass" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea grass">sea grasses</a>. Turtle grass (<i><a href="/wiki/Thalassia_testudinum" title="Thalassia testudinum">Thalassia testudinum</a></i>) is common in the Caribbean as is manatee grass (<i><a href="/wiki/Syringodium_filiforme" title="Syringodium filiforme">Syringodium filiforme</a></i>) which can grow together as well as in fields of single species at depths up to 20 m (66 ft). Another type shoal grass (<i><a href="/wiki/Halodule_wrightii" title="Halodule wrightii">Halodule wrightii</a></i>) grows on sand and mud surfaces at depths of up to 5 m (16 ft). In <a href="/wiki/Brackish_water" title="Brackish water">brackish water</a> of harbours and estuaries at depths less than 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) widgeongrass (<i><a href="/wiki/Ruppia_maritima" title="Ruppia maritima">Ruppia maritima</a></i>) grows. Representatives of three species belonging to the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Halophila" title="Halophila">Halophila</a></i>, (<i><a href="/wiki/Halophila_baillonii" class="mw-redirect" title="Halophila baillonii">Halophila baillonii</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Halophila_engelmannii" title="Halophila engelmannii">Halophila engelmannii</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Halophila_decipiens" title="Halophila decipiens">Halophila decipiens</a></i>) are found at depths of up to 30 m (98 ft) except for <i>Halophila engelmani</i> which does not grow below 5 m (16 ft) and is confined to the <a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> and the western part of the Caribbean. <i>Halophila baillonii</i> has been found only in the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fauna">Fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Puerto_Rican_parrot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Puerto_Rican_parrot.jpg/170px-Puerto_Rican_parrot.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Puerto_Rican_parrot.jpg/255px-Puerto_Rican_parrot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Puerto_Rican_parrot.jpg/340px-Puerto_Rican_parrot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1325" data-file-height="1569" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_parrot" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican parrot">Puerto Rican parrot</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_sea_turtle_cayman_turtle_farm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Green_sea_turtle_cayman_turtle_farm.jpg/220px-Green_sea_turtle_cayman_turtle_farm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Green_sea_turtle_cayman_turtle_farm.jpg/330px-Green_sea_turtle_cayman_turtle_farm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Green_sea_turtle_cayman_turtle_farm.jpg/440px-Green_sea_turtle_cayman_turtle_farm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Green_sea_turtle" title="Green sea turtle">Green sea turtle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Cayman_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Cayman Island">Grand Cayman Island</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Marine <a href="/wiki/Biota_(ecology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Biota (ecology)">biota</a> in the region have representatives of both the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a> oceans which were caught in the Caribbean before the emergence of the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Panama" title="Isthmus of Panama">Isthmus of Panama</a> four million years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Caribbean Sea there are around 1,000 documented species of fish, including <a href="/wiki/Sharks" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharks">sharks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bull_shark" title="Bull shark">bull shark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiger_shark" title="Tiger shark">tiger shark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silky_shark" title="Silky shark">silky shark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_reef_shark" title="Caribbean reef shark">Caribbean reef shark</a>), <a href="/wiki/Flying_fish" title="Flying fish">flying fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giant_oceanic_manta_ray" title="Giant oceanic manta ray">giant oceanic manta ray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pomacanthidae" title="Pomacanthidae">angel fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spotfin_butterflyfish" title="Spotfin butterflyfish">spotfin butterflyfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parrotfish" title="Parrotfish">parrotfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Goliath_grouper" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Goliath grouper">Atlantic Goliath grouper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarpon" title="Tarpon">tarpon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moray_eels" class="mw-redirect" title="Moray eels">moray eels</a>. Throughout the Caribbean there is industrial catching of <a href="/wiki/Lobster" title="Lobster">lobster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sardines" class="mw-redirect" title="Sardines">sardines</a> (off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán Peninsula</a>). </p><p>There are 90 species of <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a> in the Caribbean including <a href="/wiki/Sperm_whale" title="Sperm whale">sperm whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humpback_whale" title="Humpback whale">humpback whales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphins</a>. The island of <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> is home to <a href="/wiki/Pinniped" title="Pinniped">seals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manatees" class="mw-redirect" title="Manatees">manatees</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_monk_seal" title="Caribbean monk seal">Caribbean monk seal</a> which lived in the Caribbean is considered extinct. <a href="/wiki/Solenodon" title="Solenodon">Solenodons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hutias" class="mw-redirect" title="Hutias">hutias</a> are mammals found only in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>; only one extant species is not endangered. </p><p>There are 500 species of <a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">reptiles</a> (94% of which are <a href="/wiki/Endemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic">endemic</a>). Islands are inhabited by some endemic species such as <a href="/wiki/Cyclura" title="Cyclura">rock iguanas</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_crocodile" title="American crocodile">American crocodile</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Blue_iguana" title="Blue iguana">blue iguana</a>, endemic to the island of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Cayman" title="Grand Cayman">Grand Cayman</a>, is endangered. The <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">green iguana</a> is invasive to <a href="/wiki/Grand_Cayman" title="Grand Cayman">Grand Cayman</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mona_ground_iguana" title="Mona ground iguana">Mona ground iguana</a> which inhabits the island of <a href="/wiki/Mona,_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Mona, Puerto Rico">Mona, Puerto Rico</a>, is endangered. The <a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros_iguana" title="Rhinoceros iguana">rhinoceros iguana</a> from the island of <a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a> which is shared between <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> is also endangered. The region has several types of <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">sea turtle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Loggerhead_sea_turtle" title="Loggerhead sea turtle">loggerhead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Green turtle">green turtle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawksbill" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawksbill">hawksbill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leatherback_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Leatherback turtle">leatherback turtle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_ridley" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic ridley">Atlantic ridley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olive_ridley_sea_turtle" title="Olive ridley sea turtle">olive ridley</a>). Some species are threatened with extinction.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their populations have been greatly reduced since the 17th century – the number of green turtles has declined from 91 million to 300,000 and hawksbill turtles from 11 million to less than 30,000 by 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All 170 species of <a href="/wiki/Amphibians" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibians">amphibians</a> that live in the region are endemic. The habitats of almost all members of the <a href="/wiki/Toad" title="Toad">toad</a> family, <a href="/wiki/Poison_dart_frogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Poison dart frogs">poison dart frogs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tree_frogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Tree frogs">tree frogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leptodactylidae" title="Leptodactylidae">leptodactylidae</a> (a type of frog) are limited to only one island.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Eleutherodactylus_jasperi" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleutherodactylus jasperi">Golden coqui</a> is in serious threat of extinction. </p><p>In the Caribbean, 600 species of birds have been recorded, of which 163 are <a href="/wiki/Endemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic">endemic</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Tody" title="Tody">todies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fernandina%27s_flicker" title="Fernandina's flicker">Fernandina's flicker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palmchat" title="Palmchat">palmchat</a>. The <a href="/wiki/American_yellow_warbler" class="mw-redirect" title="American yellow warbler">American yellow warbler</a> is found in many areas, as is the <a href="/wiki/Green_heron" title="Green heron">green heron</a>. Of the endemic species 48 are threatened with extinction including the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_amazon" title="Puerto Rican amazon">Puerto Rican amazon</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Zapata_wren" title="Zapata wren">Zapata wren</a>. According to Birdlife International in 2006 in <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> 29 species of bird are in danger of extinction and two species officially extinct.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Black-fronted_piping_guan" title="Black-fronted piping guan">black-fronted piping guan</a> is endangered. <a href="/wiki/The_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Antilles">The Antilles</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a> lie in the flight path of <a href="/wiki/Migrating_birds" class="mw-redirect" title="Migrating birds">migrating birds</a> from North America so the size of populations is subject to seasonal fluctuations. <a href="/wiki/Parrots" class="mw-redirect" title="Parrots">Parrots</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bananaquits" class="mw-redirect" title="Bananaquits">bananaquits</a> are found in forests. Over the open sea can be seen <a href="/wiki/Frigatebirds" class="mw-redirect" title="Frigatebirds">frigatebirds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropicbirds" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropicbirds">tropicbirds</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_human_activity">Economy and human activity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy and human activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panor%C3%A1mica_de_San_Andres.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Panor%C3%A1mica_de_San_Andres.JPG/220px-Panor%C3%A1mica_de_San_Andres.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Panor%C3%A1mica_de_San_Andres.JPG/330px-Panor%C3%A1mica_de_San_Andres.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Panor%C3%A1mica_de_San_Andres.JPG/440px-Panor%C3%A1mica_de_San_Andres.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A view of <a href="/wiki/San_Andr%C3%A9s_(island)" title="San Andrés (island)">San Andrés island</a>, Colombia</figcaption></figure> <p>The Caribbean region has seen a significant increase in human activity since the colonization period. The sea is one of the largest oil production areas in the world, producing approximately 170 million <span class="cleanup-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">tons</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="metric tonnes, long tons or short tons? (June 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> per year.<sup id="cite_ref-marinepollution_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marinepollution-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area also generates a large fishing industry for the surrounding countries, accounting for 500,000 tonnes (490,000 long tons; 550,000 short tons) of fish a year.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Human activity in the area also accounts for a significant amount of <a href="/wiki/Pollution" title="Pollution">pollution</a>. The Pan American Health Organization estimated in 1993 that only about 10% of the sewage from the Central American and Caribbean Island countries is properly treated before being released into the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-marinepollution_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marinepollution-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The region has been famous for its rum production - the drink is first mentioned in records from Barbados in around 1650, although it was likely to have been produced beforehand across the other islands.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Caribbean region supports a large <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> industry. The <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Tourism_Organization" title="Caribbean Tourism Organization">Caribbean Tourism Organization</a> calculates that about 12 million people a year visit the area, including (in 1991–1992) about 8 million cruise ship tourists. Tourism based upon <a href="/wiki/Scuba_diving" title="Scuba diving">scuba diving</a> and <a href="/wiki/Snorkeling" title="Snorkeling">snorkeling</a> on <a href="/wiki/Coral_reefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral reefs">coral reefs</a> of many Caribbean islands makes a major contribution to their economies.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jamaica_sunrise.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sunrise over the south beach of Jamaica"><img alt="Sunrise over the south beach of Jamaica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Jamaica_sunrise.JPG/120px-Jamaica_sunrise.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Jamaica_sunrise.JPG/180px-Jamaica_sunrise.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Jamaica_sunrise.JPG/240px-Jamaica_sunrise.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sunrise over the south beach of <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Village_Gran_Roque.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela"><img alt="Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Village_Gran_Roque.jpg/120px-Village_Gran_Roque.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Village_Gran_Roque.jpg/180px-Village_Gran_Roque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Village_Gran_Roque.jpg/240px-Village_Gran_Roque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Los_Roques_Archipelago" title="Los Roques Archipelago">Los Roques Archipelago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marie_Galante_-_on_the_beach_(407689602).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marie Galante, Guadeloupe"><img alt="Marie Galante, Guadeloupe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Marie_Galante_-_on_the_beach_%28407689602%29.jpg/80px-Marie_Galante_-_on_the_beach_%28407689602%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Marie_Galante_-_on_the_beach_%28407689602%29.jpg/120px-Marie_Galante_-_on_the_beach_%28407689602%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Marie_Galante_-_on_the_beach_%28407689602%29.jpg/159px-Marie_Galante_-_on_the_beach_%28407689602%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Marie_Galante" class="mw-redirect" title="Marie Galante">Marie Galante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Strand_Auf_Klein_Curacao_(213574363).jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Beach of Curaçao"><img alt="Beach of Curaçao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Strand_Auf_Klein_Curacao_%28213574363%29.jpeg/120px-Strand_Auf_Klein_Curacao_%28213574363%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Strand_Auf_Klein_Curacao_%28213574363%29.jpeg/180px-Strand_Auf_Klein_Curacao_%28213574363%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Strand_Auf_Klein_Curacao_%28213574363%29.jpeg/240px-Strand_Auf_Klein_Curacao_%28213574363%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1535" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Beach of <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mona_Island,_Puerto_Rico.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mona Island, Puerto Rico"><img alt="Mona Island, Puerto Rico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Mona_Island%2C_Puerto_Rico.JPG/120px-Mona_Island%2C_Puerto_Rico.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Mona_Island%2C_Puerto_Rico.JPG/180px-Mona_Island%2C_Puerto_Rico.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Mona_Island%2C_Puerto_Rico.JPG/240px-Mona_Island%2C_Puerto_Rico.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mona_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Mona Island">Mona Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palm_Beach,_Aruba_(4901990402).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palm Beach, 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=nationalgeographic.com&rft.atitle=Rum+in+the+Caribbean&rft.date=2023-07-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Ftravel%2Farticle%2Feverything-about-caribbean-rum-best-bars-distilleries&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACaribbean+Sea" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wri.org/publication/content/7909">Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean: Economic Valuation Methodology</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120227165202/http://www.wri.org/publication/content/7909">Archived</a> 2012-02-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> World Resources Institute 2009.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_Sea&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Donovan, Stephen K., and Trevor A. Jackson, eds. <i>Caribbean Geology: An Introduction</i> (1994) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1994_K.Donovan_Trevor%20A.%20Jackson_Caribbean%20Geology.pdf#page=17">online</a></li> <li>Gallegos, Artemio. "Descriptive physical oceanography of the Caribbean Sea". <i>Small Islands Marine Science and Sustainable Development</i> 51 (1996): 36–55.</li> <li>Glover K., Linda (2004), <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhOhtOQHeE8C">Defying Ocean's End: An Agenda For Action</a></i>, Island Press, p. 9. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55963-753-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55963-753-4">978-1-55963-753-4</a></li> <li>Morgan, Philip D. et al. <i>Sea and Land: An Environmental History of the Caribbean</i> (Oxford University Press, 2022) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=58495">online review</a></li> <li>Peters, Philip Dickenson (2003), <i>Caribbean WOW 2.0</i>, Islandguru Media, p. 100^^75;4. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-929970-04-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-929970-04-9">978-1-929970-04-9</a>.</li> <li>Snyderman, Marty (1996), <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dyDiNyKSuiUC">Guide to Marine Life: Caribbean-Bahamas-Florida</a></i>, Aqua Quest Publications, pp. 13–14, 19. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-881652-06-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-881652-06-9">978-1-881652-06-9</a>.</li> <li>Wood, Robert E. "Caribbean cruise tourism: Globalization at sea." <i>Annals of tourism research</i> 27.2 (2000): 345–370.</li> <li>Woodring, Wendell Phillips. "Caribbean land and sea through the ages." <i>Geological Society of America Bulletin</i> 65.8 (1954): 719–732. 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href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a><sup>^*</sup></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a><sup>^*</sup></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">Saint Martin</a><sup>^</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="The Collectivity of Saint Martin">Collectivity of Saint Martin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Caribbean" title="Southern Caribbean">Southern<br />Caribbean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Leeward_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Leeward Antilles">Leeward<br />Antilles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Insular_Region,_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="The Insular Region, Venezuela">Insular Venezuela</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="ABC_islands" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)" class="mw-redirect" title="The ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)">ABC islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a><sup>*</sup></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Windward_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Windward Islands">Windward<br />Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carriacou_and_Petite_Martinique" title="Carriacou and Petite Martinique">Carriacou and Petite Martinique</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Lucayan_Archipelago" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lucayan Archipelago">Lucayan<br />Archipelago</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></i></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Caribbean_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="The Caribbean Sea">Caribbean<br />Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Isla_de_Aves" title="Isla de Aves">Aves Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">San Andrés and Providencia</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Nuevo_Bank" title="Bajo Nuevo Bank">Bajo Nuevo Bank</a><sup>~</sup></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Serranilla_Bank" title="Serranilla Bank">Serranilla Bank</a><sup>~</sup></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Western_Caribbean_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="The Western Caribbean zone">Caribbean<br />continental<br />zone</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Quintana_Roo" title="Quintana Roo">Quintana Roo</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cozumel" title="Cozumel">Cozumel</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bay_Islands_Department" title="Bay Islands Department">Bay Islands</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Izabal_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="The Izabal Department">Izabal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lim%C3%B3n_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="The Limón Province">Limón</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Corn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Corn Islands">Corn Islands</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_North_Caribbean_Coast_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="The North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region">North Caribbean Coast</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_South_Caribbean_Coast_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="The South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region">South Caribbean Coast</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_South_America" title="Caribbean South America">South America</a></th><td 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href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="The Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán Peninsula</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Campeche" title="Campeche">Campeche</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pet%C3%A9n_Department" title="Petén Department">Petén</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n" title="Yucatán">Yucatán</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Guianas" title="The Guianas">The Guianas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Amap%C3%A1" title="Amapá">Amapá</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guayana_Region,_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="The Guayana Region, Venezuela">Venezuelan Guayana</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute" title="Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute">Guayana Esequiba</a><sup>ǂ</sup></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tigri_Area" title="Tigri Area">Tigri Area</a><sup>ǂ</sup></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>N.B.:</b> Territories in <i>italics</i> are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies. <p><sup>^</sup>These three form the <a href="/wiki/SSS_islands" title="SSS islands">SSS islands</a> that with the ABC islands comprise the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean" title="Dutch Caribbean">Dutch Caribbean</a>, of which <sup>*</sup>the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">BES islands</a> are not direct <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom</a> constituents but subsumed with the country of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. </p><p><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Physical_geography" title="Physical geography">Physiographically</a>, these <a href="/wiki/Island#Continental_islands" title="Island">continental islands</a> are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically. </p><p><sup>ǂ</sup><a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">Disputed territories</a> administered by <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>. <sup>~</sup><a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">Disputed territories</a> administered by <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>. </p> <sup>#</sup><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> is an isolated <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic</a> <a href="/wiki/Island#Oceanic_islands" title="Island">oceanic island</a>, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">Northern American</a> region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Caribbean_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish Caribbean (1492–1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean" title="Piracy in the Caribbean">Piracy</a> (1500s–1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Dutch Caribbean (1554–1863)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_West_Indies" title="History of the British West Indies">British Caribbean (1586–1834)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_West_Indies" title="French West Indies">French Caribbean (1625–1817)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curonian_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Curonian colonization of the Americas">Baltic-German Caribbean (1654-1689)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish Caribbean (1672–1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_(Brandenburg_colony)" title="Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony)">German Caribbean (1685-1693)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_colony_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy">Swedish Caribbean (1784–1878)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_history" title="Afro-Caribbean history">Afro-Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Court_of_Justice" title="Caribbean Court of Justice">Caribbean Court of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Caribbean" title="Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean">Indigenous people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno" title="Taíno">Taíno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arawak" title="Arawak">Arawak</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_hurricanes_on_Caribbean_history" title="Impact of hurricanes on Caribbean history">Hurricanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Influx_of_disease_in_the_Caribbean" title="Influx of disease in the Caribbean">Influx of diseases</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malaria_and_the_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Malaria and the Caribbean">Malaria</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_Caribbean" title="Territorial evolution of the Caribbean">Territorial evolution</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caribbean#Geography_and_geology" title="Caribbean">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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<li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Lowlands" title="Caribbean Lowlands">Caribbean Lowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Caribbean Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_South_America" title="Caribbean South America">Caribbean South America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="Latin America and the Caribbean">Latin America and the Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Caribbean" title="Southern Caribbean">Southern Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Caribbean_zone" title="Western Caribbean zone">Western Caribbean zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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