Where is the west indies located?

Answer 1

No, it is not located in India. it is actually located south-east of the Gulf of Mexico and northern America, east of Central America and north of south America - the Caribbean.

The islands are called the 'West Indies' because the initial explorers were trying to reach India by a new route going West round the Globe from Europe. When they came across the Caribbean Islands they though they must be near India and called them the West Indies, not realising the size of Earth and the fact that there was another continent and an ocean in the way.

Answer 2

Technically speaking the West Indies is not located in a country.The West Indies is a group of islands located in the caribbean.Christopher Columbus named the west indies beacause he got an easy route to go to India and he sailed west.So they are called the West Indies.

Answer 3

The West Indies are little Islands in between North and South America.

Answer 4

The West Indies are a group of islands nestled between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean The islands of the West Indies are the Bahamas, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles.

Answer 5

No, West Indies is not a country. It is, however, a large group of islands. Some of the islands in the West Indies include: Jamaica, Cuba, and Barbados.

Answer 6

The West Indies is located South East of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, East of Central America and North of South America.

Answer 7

West Indies are Caribbean islands - Antilles, Bahamas etc. East Indies often refer to Malay archipelago.

Answer 8

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