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The Lesser Antilles include the smaller islands of the Caribbean - the Virgin Islands and the Windward Island and Leeward Island.
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What two main island gruops make up the Caribbean archipelgo?
an group of islands of southern west indies including Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola and port Rico
Archipelago west indies?
well all of the west indies is not an archipelogo but the bahhamas are an archapelago
Which three islands make up the netherland antilles?
aruba, bonaire and curacao
The two groups of islands in the West Indies that separate the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean?
There are two groups of islands making up the West Indies, which separate the Caribbean from the Atlantic Ocean. These groups are the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.
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.
The three island groups that make up the Caribbean islands are?
the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
What three groups of island make up Caribbean islands?
the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas
What is the leeward and windward islands north of south America part of?
The Society Islands. See below link for further information:
The islands that make up the Lesser Antilles separate the Atlantic Ocean from which other body of water?
Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea
What are the three islands that make up the Caribbean islands?
llesser antilles greater antilles and bahamas
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 two main island gruops make up the Caribbean archipelgo?
an group of islands of southern west indies including Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola and port Rico
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.
Why antigua has no rivers?
Antigua is a low lying island and has no deep springs to cause the flow of rivers. Antigua and Barbuda make up the lesser Antilles islands.
Where are the Antilles?
The Antilles refers to the islands forming the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea.The Antilles 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.Geographically, the Greater Antilles are generally considered part of the North American continent and are made up of continental rock, while the Lesser Antilles are mostly young volcanic or coral islands.
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.
The West Indies is made up of Bahamas and which two other island groups?
The Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
