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The name given to the group of islands that enclose the Caribbean Sea is the Lesser Antilles. The Lesser Antilles form an arc shape and consist of over 60 islands.
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The islands that surround the Caribbean Sea are the Caribbean Islands. The Caribbean Islands comprise more that 7000 islands, 13 of which are independent countries.
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The group of four Caribbean islands is called The Windward Islands. These are Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica, and St. Vincent. They are known by that name because they face the Trade Winds in a line of volcanic peaks. The group of six islands in the Caribbean is known as The Leeward Islands. These lie in two lines. To the west, the rain-forested peaks of a volcano chain include Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts. To the east are the volcanic ranges of Antigua, Barbuda, and Anguilla.
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The Bahamas is the name that is given to a group of island that is located in the Atlantic ocean. It is not a part of the Caribbean and should not be consider part of it. Even thought The Bahamas is a group of islands saying, are the Bahamas part of the Caribbean is saying that there are more than one Bahamas and that is not the case.YES!