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<span>Antilles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Antilles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Greater_Antilles_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greater_Antilles_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.1</span> <span>Greater Antilles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greater_Antilles_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lesser_Antilles_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lesser_Antilles_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.2</span> <span>Lesser Antilles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lesser_Antilles_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Leeward_Antilles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leeward_Antilles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.2.1</span> <span>Leeward Antilles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leeward_Antilles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Leeward_Islands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leeward_Islands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.2.2</span> <span>Leeward Islands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leeward_Islands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Windward_Islands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Windward_Islands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.2.3</span> <span>Windward Islands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Windward_Islands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.2.4</span> <span>Isolated islands in the Lesser Antilles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lucayan_Archipelago_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lucayan_Archipelago_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Lucayan Archipelago</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lucayan_Archipelago_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Isolated_island_in_the_Caribbean" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Isolated_island_in_the_Caribbean"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3</span> <span>Isolated island in the Caribbean</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Isolated_island_in_the_Caribbean-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_America" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_America"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Central America</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Northern_America" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Northern_America"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Northern America</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Northern_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_America" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_America"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>South America</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled 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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westind%C4%ABega" title="Westindīega – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Westindīega" 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%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="الهند الغربية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الهند الغربية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C" title="ৱেষ্ট ইণ্ডিজ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱেষ্ট ইণ্ডিজ" 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/Indies_Occidentales" title="Indies Occidentales – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Indies Occidentales" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest-Hind" title="Vest-Hind – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vest-Hind" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C" title="ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ" 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/Sai_%C3%8Cn-t%C5%8D%CD%98_K%C3%BBn-t%C3%B3" title="Sai Ìn-tō͘ Kûn-tó – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sai Ìn-tō͘ Kûn-tó" 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-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Вест-Індыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вест-Індыя" 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%92%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Вэст-Індыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вэст-Індыя" 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-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Западни Индии – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Западни Индии" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dndies_Occidentals" title="Índies Occidentals – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Índies Occidentals" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="West Indies" 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/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%AD_Indie" title="Západní Indie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Západní Indie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="West Indies" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestindien" title="Vestindien – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vestindien" 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/Westindische_Inseln" title="Westindische Inseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Westindische Inseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-India" title="Lääne-India – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lääne-India" 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%94%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Δυτικές Ινδίες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δυτικές Ινδίες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indias_Occidentales" title="Indias Occidentales – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Indias Occidentales" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okcidentaj_Indioj" title="Okcidentaj Indioj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Okcidentaj Indioj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendebaldeko_Indiak" title="Mendebaldeko Indiak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mendebaldeko Indiak" 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/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="هند غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هند غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_r%C3%A9gion_Cara%C3%AFbe" title="Grande région Caraïbe – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grande région Caraïbe" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_hIndiacha_Thiar" title="Na hIndiacha Thiar – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Na hIndiacha Thiar" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F_%E0%AA%87%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%9D" title="વેસ્ટ ઇન્ડિઝ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વેસ્ટ ઇન્ડિઝ" 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/S%C3%AE_Yin-thu_Khi%C3%B9n-t%C3%B3" title="Sî Yin-thu Khiùn-tó – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Sî Yin-thu Khiùn-tó" 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%84%9C%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="서인도 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="서인도 제도" 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/%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF_%D4%BB%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Վեստ Ինդիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վեստ Ինդիա" 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%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C" title="वेस्ट इंडीज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="वेस्ट इंडीज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindia_Barat" title="Hindia Barat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hindia Barat" 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/Indias_Occidental" title="Indias Occidental – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Indias Occidental" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_occidentali" title="Indie occidentali – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Indie occidentali" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA" title="איי הודו המערבית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איי הודו המערבית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%9B%D9%B9_%D8%A7%D9%90%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%96%D8%B2" title="ویسٛٹ اِنڈیٖز – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="ویسٛٹ اِنڈیٖز" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Вест-Индия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Вест-Индия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Вест-Индия – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Вест-Индия" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestindija" title="Vestindija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vestindija" 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/Westindesch_Inselen" title="Westindesch Inselen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Westindesch Inselen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest_Indija" title="Vest Indija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vest Indija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="Западни Инди – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Западни Инди" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%87%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="വെസ്റ്റ് ഇൻഡീസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വെസ്റ്റ് ഇൻഡീസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</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%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="კარიბეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კარიბეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindia_Barat" title="Hindia Barat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Hindia Barat" 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/S%C4%83%CC%A4_%C3%89ng-d%C3%B4_G%C3%B9ng-d%C5%8D%CC%A4" title="Să̤ Éng-dô Gùng-dō̤ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Să̤ Éng-dô Gùng-dō̤" 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-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" title="ကာရစ်ဘီယံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကာရစ်ဘီယံ" 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/West-Indi%C3%AB" title="West-Indië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="West-Indië" 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%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C" title="वेस्ट इन्डिज – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="वेस्ट इन्डिज" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="西インド諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="西インド諸島" 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-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariibisk_Eilunen" title="Kariibisk Eilunen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kariibisk Eilunen" 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/Vestindia" title="Vestindia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vestindia" 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-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest-Indiya" title="Vest-Indiya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vest-Indiya" 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%B5%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F_%E0%A8%87%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC" title="ਵੈਸਟ ਇੰਡੀਜ਼ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵੈਸਟ ਇੰਡੀਜ਼" 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/%D9%84%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B2" title="لہندا انڈیز – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لہندا انڈیز" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%90%D8%B3%D9%BC_%D8%A7%DB%90%D9%86%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%B2" title="وېسټ اېنډيز – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="وېسټ اېنډيز" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibik" title="Karibik – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Karibik" 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/Indie_Zachodnie" title="Indie Zachodnie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Indie Zachodnie" 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/%C3%8Dndias_Ocidentais" title="Índias Ocidentais – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Índias Ocidentais" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiile_Occidentale" title="Indiile Occidentale – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Indiile Occidentale" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Вест-Индия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вест-Индия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%B4_%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%BD" title="ᱣᱮᱥᱴ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱡᱽ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱣᱮᱥᱴ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱡᱽ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4%C3%A4stindiske_Ailounde" title="Wäästindiske Ailounde – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Wäästindiske Ailounde" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indi_Uccidintali" title="Indi Uccidintali – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Indi Uccidintali" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Антили (подрегија) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Антили (подрегија)" 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-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nsi-Intia" title="Länsi-Intia – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Länsi-Intia" 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/V%C3%A4stindien" title="Västindien – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Västindien" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="மேற்கிந்தியத் தீவுகள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மேற்கிந்தியத் தீவுகள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D" title="వెస్టిండీస్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="వెస్టిండీస్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%AA" title="หมู่เกาะเวสต์อินดีส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="หมู่เกาะเวสต์อินดีส" 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%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Вест-Индия – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Вест-Индия" 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/Bat%C4%B1_Hint_Adalar%C4%B1" title="Batı Hint Adaları – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Batı Hint Adaları" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Вест-Индия – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Вест-Индия" 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%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Вест-Індія – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вест-Індія" 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 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density</th><td class="infobox-data">151.5/km<sup>2</sup> (392/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ethnicity" title="Ethnicity">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Caribbean" title="Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean">Indigenous</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_people" title="Afro-Caribbean people">Afro-Caribbean</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_Caribbeans" class="mw-redirect" title="White Caribbeans">Euro-Caribbean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indo-Caribbeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Caribbeans">Indo-Caribbean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_Americans" title="Latin Americans">Latino</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish people">Spanish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_people" title="Portuguese people">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mulatto" title="Mulatto">Mulatto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pardo" title="Pardo">Pardo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zambo" title="Zambo">Zambo</a>), <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Caribbeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Caribbeans">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javanese_people" title="Javanese people">Javanese</a>,<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> <a href="/wiki/Hmong_people" title="Hmong people">Hmong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_people" title="Multiracial people">Multiracial</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religions</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="white-space:nowrap;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li>73.5% <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <ul><li>52.3% <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a></li> <li>20.2% <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a></li> <li>1.0% other <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;">20.6% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">no religion</a></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;">2.5% <a href="/wiki/Folk_religion" title="Folk religion">folk religions</a></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;">2.1% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;">1.3% others<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></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Indian" title="West Indian">West Indian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_people" title="Caribbean people">Caribbean</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Countries</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><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_West_Indies#Sovereign_states" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the West Indies">13</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/35px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/45px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/40px-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/60px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/40px-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/60px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <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> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/40px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/60px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/40px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/60px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <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" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/40px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/60px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <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/40px-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/60px-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></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dependencies</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><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_West_Indies#Dependent_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the West Indies">18</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/23px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/35px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/46px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">UK</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/40px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/60px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">UK</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">UK</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/40px-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/60px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" title="French Fifth Republic">France</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <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> (<a href="/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" title="French Fifth Republic">France</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <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> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">UK</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/40px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/60px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>-<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>) and (<a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span 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/40px-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/60px-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> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/40px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/60px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">UK</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <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" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">US Virgin Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean English language">Caribbean English</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/French-based_creole_languages" title="French-based creole languages">French Creoles</a>, <a href="/wiki/English-based_creole_languages" title="English-based creole languages">English Creoles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch-based_creole_languages" title="Dutch-based creole languages">Dutch Creoles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papiamento" title="Papiamento">Papiamento</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Hindustani" title="Caribbean Hindustani">Caribbean Hindustani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Caribbean" title="Languages of the Caribbean">others</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zones</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9205:00" title="UTC−05:00">UTC−05:00</a> to <a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−04:00</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Internet <a href="/wiki/Top-level_domain" title="Top-level domain">TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains" title="List of Internet top-level domains">Multiple</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of country calling codes">Multiple</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean">List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Port-au-Prince" title="Port-au-Prince">Port-au-Prince</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Cuba" title="Santiago de Cuba">Santiago de Cuba</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_los_Caballeros" title="Santiago de los Caballeros">Santiago de los Caballeros</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Camag%C3%BCey" title="Camagüey">Camagüey</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Cap-Ha%C3%AFtien" title="Cap-Haïtien">Cap-Haïtien</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/UN_M49" title="UN M49">UN M49</a> code</th><td class="infobox-data"><code>029</code> – <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a><br /><code>419</code> – <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a><br /><code>019</code> – <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a><br /><code>001</code> – <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">World</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>West Indies</b> is an island <a href="/wiki/Subregion" title="Subregion">subregion</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>, surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>, which comprises 13 independent <a href="/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island countries</a> and 19 <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependencies</a> in three <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelagos</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lucayan_Archipelago" title="Lucayan Archipelago">Lucayan Archipelago</a>.<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><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><p>The subregion includes all the islands in the <a href="/wiki/Antilles" title="Antilles">Antilles</a>, in addition to <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a>, which are in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a>. The term is often interchangeable with "<a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>", although the latter may also include coastal regions of <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South American</a> mainland nations, including <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic</a> island nation of <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, all of which are geographically distinct from the three main island groups, but culturally related. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The English term <i>Indie</i> is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Classical_Latin" title="Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a> <i>India</i>, a reference to the territories in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> adjacent and east to the <a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus River</a>. <i>India</i> itself derived successively from <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic Greek">Hellenistic Greek</a> <i>India</i> ( <i>Ἰνδία</i>), <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">ancient Greek</a> <i>Indos</i> ( <i>Ἰνδός</i>), <a href="/wiki/Old_Persian" title="Old Persian">Old Persian</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Hindush" title="Hindush">Hindush</a></i> (an eastern province of the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a>), and ultimately its <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">cognate</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <i>Sindhu</i>, or "river", specifically the <a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus River</a> and its well-settled southern basin.<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><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThieme1970447–450_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThieme1970447–450-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greeks</a> referred to the Indians as <i>Indoi</i> (<i><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/langcodes_name.php?code_ID=">Ἰνδοί</a></span></i>), which translates as "The people of the Indus".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKuiper201086_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKuiper201086-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_and_West_Indies.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/East_and_West_Indies.svg/330px-East_and_West_Indies.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/East_and_West_Indies.svg/500px-East_and_West_Indies.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/East_and_West_Indies.svg/960px-East_and_West_Indies.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2754" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption>The current composition of the Indies is as follows: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F60; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/East_Indies" title="East Indies">East Indies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mainland_Southeast_Asia" title="Mainland Southeast Asia">Indochina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malay_Archipelago" title="Malay Archipelago">Insulindia</a>)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F96; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Greater_India" title="Greater India">Indies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EFEFAF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Western_New_Guinea" title="Western New Guinea">West Papua</a> (part of East Indies)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#14A7E7; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <b>West Indies</b> (present-day; historically included the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> entirely)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#97D7E7; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <b>West Indies</b> (region at times included)</div></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1492, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Spaniards" title="Spaniards">Spanish</a> fleet left <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> seeking a western sea passage to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_world" title="Eastern world">Eastern world</a>, hoping to profit from the lucrative <a href="/wiki/Spice_trade" title="Spice trade">spice trade</a> emanating from <a href="/wiki/Hindustan" title="Hindustan">Hindustan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mainland_Southeast_Asia" title="Mainland Southeast Asia">Indochina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Malay_Archipelago" title="Malay Archipelago">Insulindia</a>, the regions currently found within the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian Subcontinent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>, which were first simply referred to by <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a> explorers as the <i>Indias (Indies)</i>. </p><p>Thinking he had landed on the easternmost part of the <i>Indies</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_world" title="Eastern world">Eastern world</a> when he came upon the <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Columbus</a> used the term <i>Indias</i> to refer to the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>, calling its <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">native people</a> <i>Indios (Indians)</i>. To avoid confusion between the known <i>Indies</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere" title="Eastern Hemisphere">Eastern Hemisphere</a> and the newly discovered <i>Indies</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a> named the territories in the East <i><a href="/wiki/East_Indies" title="East Indies">Indias Orientales (East Indies)</a></i> and the territories in the West <i>Indias Occidentales (West Indies)</i>. Originally, the term <i>West Indies</i> applied to all of the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a><i>.</i><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><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><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> </p><p>The Indies from both regions were further distinguished depending on the <a href="/wiki/Great_power" title="Great power">European world power</a> to which they belong. In the <a href="/wiki/East_Indies" title="East Indies">East Indies</a>, there were the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_East_Indies" title="Spanish East Indies">Spanish East Indies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>. In the West Indies, the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish West Indies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean" title="Dutch Caribbean">Dutch West Indies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/French_West_Indies" title="French West Indies">French West Indies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_West_Indies" title="British West Indies">British West Indies</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a>. </p><p>The term was used to name the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish</a> <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Indies" title="Council of the Indies">Council of the Indies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_colonial_empire" title="Dutch colonial empire">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">East India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">West India</a> companies, the <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French</a> <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV%27s_East_India_Company" title="Louis XIV's East India Company">East India Company</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Danish_overseas_colonies" title="Danish overseas colonies">Danish</a> <a href="/wiki/Danish_East_India_Company" title="Danish East India Company">East India Company</a>. </p> <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=West_Indies&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><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> <p><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Caribbean#Before_European_contact" title="History of the Caribbean">Many cultures</a> were indigenous to these islands, with evidence dating some of them back to the mid-6th millennium BCE. </p><p>In the late 16th century, French, English and Dutch merchants and privateers began operations in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>, attacking Spanish and Portuguese shipping and coastal areas. They often took refuge and refitted their ships in the areas the Spanish could not conquer, including the islands of the Lesser Antilles, the northern coast of South America, including the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Orinoco" title="Orinoco">Orinoco</a>, and the Atlantic Coast of Central America. In the Lesser Antilles, they managed to establish a foothold following the colonisation of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a> in 1624 and <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> in 1626, and when the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sugar_Revolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sugar Revolution (page does not exist)">Sugar Revolution</a> took off in the mid-17th century, they brought in thousands of enslaved Africans to work the fields and mills as labourers. These enslaved Africans wrought a demographic revolution, replacing or joining with either the indigenous Caribs or the European settlers who were there as <a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude" title="Indentured servitude">indentured servants</a>. </p><p>The struggle between the northern Europeans and the Spanish spread southward in the mid to late seventeenth century, as English, Dutch, French and Spanish colonists, and in many cases, enslaved Africans first entered and then occupied the coast of <a href="/wiki/The_Guianas" title="The Guianas">The Guianas</a> (which fell to the French, English and Dutch) and the Orinoco valley, which fell to the Spanish. The Dutch, allied with the Caribs of the Orinoco, would eventually carry the struggles deep into South America, first along the Orinoco and then along the northern reaches of the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_River" title="Amazon River">Amazon</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Indies_-_Island_Groups.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/West_Indies_-_Island_Groups.svg/220px-West_Indies_-_Island_Groups.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/West_Indies_-_Island_Groups.svg/330px-West_Indies_-_Island_Groups.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/West_Indies_-_Island_Groups.svg/440px-West_Indies_-_Island_Groups.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3690" data-file-height="2323" /></a><figcaption>Island groups of the West Indies, in relation to the continental <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Since no European country had occupied much of Central America, gradually, the English of Jamaica established alliances with the <a href="/wiki/Mosquito_Coast" title="Mosquito Coast">Miskito Kingdom</a> of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a> and then began logging on the coast of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>. These interconnected commercial and diplomatic relations comprised the <a href="/wiki/Western_Caribbean_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Caribbean Zone">Western Caribbean Zone</a> in place in the early-18th century. In the Miskito Kingdom, the rise to power of the <a href="/wiki/Miskito_Sambu" title="Miskito Sambu">Miskito-Zambos</a>, who originated in the survivors of a rebellion aboard a slave ship in the 1640s and the introduction of enslaved Africans by British settlers within the Miskito area and in Belize, also transformed this area into one with a high percentage of persons of African descent as was found in most of the rest of the Caribbean. </p><p>From the 17th through the 19th century, the European colonial territories of the West Indies were the <a href="/wiki/French_West_Indies" title="French West Indies">French West Indies</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_West_Indies" title="British West Indies">British West Indies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a> (Dutch West Indies), and the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish West Indies</a>. </p><p>In 1916, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> sold the Danish West Indies to the United States<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> for US$25 million in gold, per the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies" title="Treaty of the Danish West Indies">Treaty of the Danish West Indies</a>. The Danish West Indies became an <a href="/wiki/Insular_area" title="Insular area">insular area</a> of the U.S., called the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>. </p><p>Between 1958 and 1962, the United Kingdom re-organised all their West Indies island territories (except the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">the Bahamas</a>) into the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_Federation" title="West Indies Federation">West Indies Federation</a>. They hoped that the Federation would coalesce into a single, independent nation. The Federation had limited powers, numerous practical problems, and a lack of popular support; consequently, it was dissolved by the British in 1963, with nine provinces eventually becoming independent sovereign states and four becoming current <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territories</a>. </p><p>"West Indies" or "West India" was a part of the names of several <a href="/wiki/Chartered_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Chartered company">companies</a> of the 17th and 18th centuries, including the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company" title="Danish West India Company">Danish West India Company</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a>, the <a href="/wiki/French_West_India_Company" title="French West India Company">French West India Company</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_West_India_Company" title="Swedish West India Company">Swedish West India Company</a>.<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/West_Indian" title="West Indian">West Indian</a> is the official term used by the U.S. government to refer to people of the West Indies.<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> </p><p>The term survives today mainly through the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies cricket team</a>, representing all of the nations in the West Indian islands. </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=West_Indies&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geology"><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:Caribe-Pol%C3%ADtico.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Caribe-Pol%C3%ADtico.svg/250px-Caribe-Pol%C3%ADtico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Caribe-Pol%C3%ADtico.svg/500px-Caribe-Pol%C3%ADtico.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Basin" title="Caribbean Basin">Caribbean Basin</a> countries</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atlantic-trench.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Atlantic-trench.JPG/220px-Atlantic-trench.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Atlantic-trench.JPG/330px-Atlantic-trench.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Atlantic-trench.JPG/440px-Atlantic-trench.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1076" /></a><figcaption>The subduction of the <a href="/wiki/South_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="South American Plate">South American Plate</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Plate">North American Plate</a> beneath the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a> produces both the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Trench" title="Puerto Rico Trench">Puerto Rico Trench</a>, the deepest part of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, as well as the active volcanoes of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> (bottom left of the image, south of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The West Indies are a geologically complex island system consisting of 7,000 islands and <a href="/wiki/Islet" title="Islet">islets</a> stretching over 3,000 km (2000 miles) from the <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> peninsula of <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> south-southeast to the northern coast of <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>.<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> These islands include active <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanoes</a>, low-lying <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atolls</a>, raised <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> islands, and large fragments of <a href="/wiki/Continental_crust" title="Continental crust">continental crust</a> containing tall mountains and insular rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of the three <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelagos</a> of the West Indies has a unique origin and geologic composition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greater_Antilles">Greater Antilles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Greater Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> is geologically the oldest of the three <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelagos</a> and includes both the largest islands (<a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>) and the tallest mountains (<a href="/wiki/Pico_Duarte" title="Pico Duarte">Pico Duarte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_Mountain_Peak" title="Blue Mountain Peak">Blue Mountain Peak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pic_la_Selle" title="Pic la Selle">Pic la Selle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pico_Turquino" title="Pico Turquino">Pico Turquino</a>) in the Caribbean.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands of the Greater Antilles are composed of <a href="/wiki/Stratum" title="Stratum">strata</a> of different geological ages including <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> fragmented remains of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Plate">North American Plate</a> (older than 539 million years), <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> aged limestone (201.3-145 million years ago), as well as <a href="/wiki/Island_arc" title="Island arc">island arc</a> deposits and <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_crust" title="Oceanic crust">oceanic crust</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> (145–66 million years ago).<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><p>The Greater Antilles originated near the Isthmian region of present-day <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Late_Cretaceous" title="Late Cretaceous">Late Cretaceous</a> (commonly referred to as the Proto-Antilles), then drifted eastward arriving in their current location when colliding with the Bahama Platform of the North American Plate ca. 56 million years ago in the late <a href="/wiki/Paleocene" title="Paleocene">Paleocene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This collision caused subduction and volcanism in the Proto-Antillean area and likely resulted in continental uplift of the Bahama Platform and changes in sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greater Antilles have continuously been exposed since the start of the <a href="/wiki/Paleocene" title="Paleocene">Paleocene</a> or at least since the Middle <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a> (66–40 million years ago), but which areas were above sea level throughout the history of the islands remains unresolved.<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-:0_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The oldest rocks in the Greater Antilles are located in Cuba. They consist of <a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">metamorphosed</a> <a href="/wiki/Greywacke" title="Greywacke">graywacke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argillite" title="Argillite">argillite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuff" title="Tuff">tuff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mafic" title="Mafic">mafic</a> <a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">igneous</a> extrusive flows, and <a href="/wiki/Carbonate_rock" title="Carbonate rock">carbonate rock</a>.<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> It is estimated that nearly 70% of Cuba consists of karst <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blue Mountains of Jamaica are a <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> outcrop rising over 2,000 meters (6000'), while the rest of the island to the west consists mainly of <a href="/wiki/Karst" title="Karst">karst</a> limestone.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands were formed by the collision of the Caribbean Plate with the North American Plate and consist of 12 <a href="/wiki/Island_arc" title="Island arc">island arc</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrane" title="Terrane">terranes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These terranes consist of <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_crust" title="Oceanic crust">oceanic crust</a>, volcanic and <a href="/wiki/Pluton" class="mw-redirect" title="Pluton">plutonic rock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lesser_Antilles">Lesser Antilles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lesser Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> is a volcanic <a href="/wiki/Island_arc" title="Island arc">island arc</a> rising along the leading edge of the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a> due to the subduction of the Atlantic seafloor of the North American and <a href="/wiki/South_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="South American Plate">South American plates</a>. Major islands of the Lesser Antilles likely emerged less than 20 Ma, during the <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The volcanic activity that formed these islands began in the Paleogene, after a period of <a href="/wiki/Volcanism" title="Volcanism">volcanism</a> in the Greater Antilles ended, and continues today.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main arc of the Lesser Antilles runs north from the coast of <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Anegada_Passage" title="Anegada Passage">Anegada Passage</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">strait</a> separating them from the Greater Antilles, and includes 19 active volcanoes.<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="Lucayan_Archipelago">Lucayan Archipelago</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lucayan Archipelago"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lucayan_Archipelago" title="Lucayan Archipelago">Lucayan Archipelago</a> includes <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a>, a chain of <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">barrier reefs</a> and low islands atop the Bahama Platform. The Bahama Platform is a carbonate block formed of marine sediments and fixed to the North American Plate.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The emergent islands of the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos likely formed from accumulated deposits of wind-blown sediments during <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> glacial periods of lower sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Countries_and_territories_by_subregion_and_archipelago">Countries and territories by subregion and archipelago</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Countries and territories by subregion and archipelago"><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:CIA_map_Central_America_%26_Caribbean.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/CIA_map_Central_America_%26_Caribbean.png/400px-CIA_map_Central_America_%26_Caribbean.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/CIA_map_Central_America_%26_Caribbean.png/600px-CIA_map_Central_America_%26_Caribbean.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/CIA_map_Central_America_%26_Caribbean.png/800px-CIA_map_Central_America_%26_Caribbean.png 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="1044" /></a><figcaption>Political map of the West Indies</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2019_-with_names.png/330px-Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2019_-with_names.png" decoding="async" width="288" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2019_-with_names.png/500px-Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2019_-with_names.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2019_-with_names.png/960px-Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2019_-with_names.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:290px;max-width:290px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:172px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2021_-with_names.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2021_-with_names.png/288px-Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2021_-with_names.png" decoding="async" width="288" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2021_-with_names.png/432px-Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2021_-with_names.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2021_-with_names.png/576px-Life_expectancy_map_-Caribbean_-2021_-with_names.png 2x" data-file-width="2997" data-file-height="1798" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Life_expectancy" title="Life expectancy">Life expectancy</a> in the West Indies in 2019 and 2021</div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caribbean_(core_area)"><span id="Caribbean_.28core_area.29"></span>Caribbean (core area)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Caribbean (core area)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antilles">Antilles</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Antilles" title="Antilles">Antilles</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Greater_Antilles_2">Greater Antilles</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Greater Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a></div> <ul><li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">United Kingdom</a>)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/40px-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/60px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/40px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/60px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" 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title="Haiti">Haiti</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Lesser_Antilles_2">Lesser Antilles</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lesser Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Leeward_Antilles">Leeward Antilles</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Leeward Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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islands (Leeward Antilles)">ABC islands</a></i> <ul><li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>)</li> <li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/40px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Leeward_Islands">Leeward Islands</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Leeward Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="216" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>)</li> <li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands"><img alt="Kingdom of the Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/SSS_islands" title="SSS islands">SSS islands</a></i> <ul><li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/40px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/60px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a><sup>*</sup></i> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>)</li> <li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a><sup>*</sup></i> (<a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>)</li> <li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a> <ul><li><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">United Kingdom</a>)</li> <li><i><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/40px-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/60px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Virgin_Islands" title="Spanish Virgin Islands">Spanish Virgin Islands</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>)</li> <li><i><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" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Windward_Islands">Windward Islands</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Windward Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><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> <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><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></i> (<a href="/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" title="French Fifth Republic">France</a>)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/40px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/60px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles">Isolated islands in the Lesser Antilles</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Isolated islands in the Lesser Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/35px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/45px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><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/40px-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/60px-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><sup>†</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lucayan_Archipelago_2">Lucayan Archipelago</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Indies&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Lucayan 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">United Kingdom</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Isolated_island_in_the_Caribbean">Isolated island in the Caribbean</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Cave. 1978. "Early Printing and the Book Trade in the West Indies". <i>Library Quarterly</i> 48 (April): 163–92.</li> <li>Cromwell, Jesse. "More than Slaves and Sugar: Recent Historiography of the Trans-imperial Caribbean and Its Sinew Populations". <i>History Compass</i> (2014) 12#10 pp 770–783.</li> <li>Higman, Barry W. <i>A Concise History of the Caribbean</i>. (2011)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJones1905" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lewis_Jones" title="Alfred Lewis Jones">Jones, Alfred Lewis</a> (1905). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:The Empire and the century/The West Indies"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Empire_and_the_century/The_West_Indies">"The West Indies" </a></span>. <i>The Empire and the century</i>. 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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 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_Caribbean_region_of_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="The Caribbean region of Colombia">Colombian Caribbean</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Venezuelan_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="The Venezuelan Caribbean">Venezuelan Caribbean</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/Greater_Caribbean" title="Greater Caribbean">Wider<br />groupings<br />may include:</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/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a><sup>#</sup></i></li> <li><a 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 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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. 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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 navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="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:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Regions</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/Antilles" title="Antilles">Antilles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <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 href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">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 href="/wiki/Caribbean_bioregion" title="Caribbean bioregion">Bioregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of earthquakes in the Caribbean">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_the_Caribbean" title="Extreme points of the Caribbean">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_islands" title="List of Caribbean islands">Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_islands_by_area" title="List of Caribbean islands by area">by area</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammals_of_the_Caribbean" title="Mammals of the Caribbean">Mammals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cetaceans_of_the_Caribbean" title="Cetaceans of the Caribbean">Cetaceans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_the_West_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies">Metropolitan areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_the_Caribbean" title="List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of populated places in the Caribbean">Populated places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="List of rivers of Central America and the Caribbean">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_trees_of_the_Caribbean" title="List of trees of the Caribbean">Trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ultras_of_the_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ultras of the Caribbean">Ultras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_West_Indies#Sovereign_states" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the West Indies">Sovereign states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_West_Indies#Dependent_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the West Indies">Dependent territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean">World Heritage Sites</a></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/Caribbean#Politics" title="Caribbean">Politics</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><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_the_Americas" title="Democracy in the Americas">Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_leftism" title="Afro-Caribbean leftism">Afro-Caribbean leftism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Caribbean_States" title="Association of Caribbean States">Association of Caribbean States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Community" title="Caribbean Community">Caribbean Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CARIFORUM" title="CARIFORUM">CARIFORUM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</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/Economy_of_the_Caribbean" title="Economy of the Caribbean">Economy</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><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="List of largest airlines in Central America and the Caribbean">Airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of airports in the Caribbean">Airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Basin_Trade_and_Partnership_Act" title="Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act">Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Development_Bank" title="Caribbean Development Bank">Caribbean Development Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_banks_and_currencies_of_the_Caribbean" title="Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean">Central banks and currencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citrus_industry_in_the_Caribbean" title="Citrus industry in the Caribbean">Citrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_companies" title="List of Caribbean companies">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_the_Caribbean" title="Fishing industry in the Caribbean">Fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hotels_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of hotels in the Caribbean">Hotels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges_in_the_Americas" title="List of stock exchanges in the Americas">Stock exchanges</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Caribbean_Securities_Exchange" title="Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange">Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_plantations_in_the_Caribbean" title="Sugar plantations in the Caribbean">Sugar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_sugar_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban sugar economy">in Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_production_in_the_Danish_West_Indies" title="Sugar production in the Danish West Indies">in the Danish West Indies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourism in the Caribbean">Tourism</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/Culture_of_the_Caribbean" 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