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The islands of the Greater Antilles were formed through a combination of tectonic plate movements and volcanic activity. The region is located along the boundary between the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates, leading to the formation of mountains and volcanic arcs that eventually emerged as the islands we see today.
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How were the islands of the greater antilles formed?
by the Caribbean plate being pulled when the plates separated from Africa during the continental drift
What are the names of the countries in the Lesser Antillies?
The Lesser Antilles are comprised of the islands of the eastern rim of the Carribean Sea. The Smaller Islands form the lesser Antiles while the larger islands form the Greater Antilles. The nations include:Barbados, Aruba, Antigua, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenada, The UK/US Virgin Islands, Martenique, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Martin, Grenadines, and there are often people who include the island of Puerto Rico in the Lesser Antilles rather then the Greater Antilles
What group of islands is cuba in?
Cuba is located in the Caribbean region, specifically in the group of islands known as the Greater Antilles. It is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea.
On which continent is Haiti located?
Haiti is located in North America,Greater Antilles archipelago(a group of islands) on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola
What is the smallest country in the greater antilles?
Is it Trinidad
What islands groups comprise the West Indies?
The "Leeward Islands" (northerly portion from the British Virgin Islands to Dominica) and the "Windward Islands" (southerly portion from Martinque to Trinidad). These islands, located in the Caribbean Sea, are collectively referred to as "The Lesser Antilles". The Greater Antilles, The Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas. The Bahamas, The Greater Antilles, And the Lesser Antilles. The Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the Leeward. These are all the island groups: Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles and the Netherland Antilles.
Which two groups of islands are located in the Caribbean sea?
Greater and lesser Antilles
What are the three islands that make up the Caribbean islands?
llesser antilles greater antilles and bahamas
What is the difference between the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles?
The Antilles refers to the islands forming the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea.They are divided into two major groups:The "Greater Antilles" to the north including the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico;and the smaller "Lesser Antilles" on the southeast, comprising the northerly Leeward Islands, the southeasterly Windward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles just north of Venezuela.
How were the islands of the greater antilles formed?
by the Caribbean plate being pulled when the plates separated from Africa during the continental drift
What four islands make up the greater antilles?
The four islands that make up the Greater Antilles are Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola.
What five large islands make up the Greater Antilles in the West Indies?
Per Brittanica Online Encylcopedia, the Greater Antilles is the geographical term given to the four (4), not five (5), largest islands of the Antilles. The islands constituting the Greater Antilles are as follows: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.
What are the three major groups in the Caribbean islands?
The Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
What is the name for the 2 major groups of islands in the Caribbean?
Greater Antilles Lesser Antilles
How many islands make up the greater antilles?
The islands that make up the Greater Antilles are Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. Overall there are four islands.
What are the two sets of islands that separate the Caribbean sea from the Atlantic ocean?
The Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
Which four lage islands make up the greater antilles in the west indies?
There are 4 major islands that make up the Greater Antilles. These islands include Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola.
