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West Indies
The Caribbean is an area within the Caribbean Sea, and is located southeast of the mainland North America. The islands in this area were discovered by Christopher Columbus. He named them the West Indies. The area covers approximately 7,000 islands.
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How would you describe Puerto Rico?
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Puerto Rican is the proper adjective for Puerto Rico.
What is the closest Caribbean island to Raleigh NC?
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The Bahamas would be the closest islands to North Carolina. More specifically the it would appear the island named Little Abaco of the Bahamas is the closest. Followed closely by Great Abaco and Grand Bahama of the Bahamas island chain.
Is Suriname part of the West Indies?
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Suriname is generally not considered to be a part of the West Indies. Though they are sometimes looped in together.
What is the flight time from Chicago Illinois to Saint Lucia?
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MCI - UVF: 19 hours and 25 minutes (Including Overlap Times)
UVF - MCI: 18 hours and 30 minutes (Including Overlap Times)
How long is the flight from New York to Saint Lucia?
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Flight:
Baltimore, MD (BWI) to St. Lucia (SLU)
Flight Duration * 6 hours 40 mins * Via San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl Apt, San Juan (SJU)
Which is the largest country in the Caribbean?
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The Bahamas is the richest country in the Caribbean
Is Aruba a country or an island?
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Aruba is a country. Specifically, it's a constituent country in that it's considered an autonomous state within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It also is considered an island country, or island nation, because its main territory is made up of one or more islands.
It was the Aruban sense of identity of themselves as Arubans within the framework of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that impelled them to seek and gain autonomy on January 1, 1986. But Aruba postponed completely defining themselves only as Arubans by halting the movement toward independence in 1990.
Name the islands of the Caribbean.?
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- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Columbia
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Netherlands Antilles
- Nicaragua
- Puerto Rico
- St Barthelemy
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Martin
- St Vincent and Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Islands in the Caribbean sea?
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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.
How do the islands of the Bahamas greater Antilles and lesser Antilles get the name the West Indies?
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colombus was trying to find India but in a storm shifted to much west and he found them places
Third largest island in the Caribbean?
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This island of Hispaniola is the second biggest Caribbean Island. It hosts two nations: Haiti and Dominican Republic.
How far apart are the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico?
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By plane the two islands are 237 miles apart.
What is the national sea creature of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
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the hawks bill turtle
What are natural resources of the Caribbean?
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What are natural resources of the caribbean?
>>>>>>natural resources of the caribbean, the carribean natanion are not rich in natural resources. The resources that make significant contributions to domestic economies and regional job sectors include, but are not limited to: fisheries,nickel,iron,bauxite,petroleum and timber.
The Caribbean's most important resource is its tropical island setting, which has generated a unique tourism sector.
The greatest concentrations of minerals most valuable on the international market are found in: Cuba has increase the production in tourism,oil and nickel,Jamaica bauxite and alumina industry , and Trinidad and Tabago are the lending export in Carribean.
While Agriculture is the major economic land-use activity in most carribbean country.
Is Saint Lucia part of the Virgin Islands archipelago?
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Yes, Aruba and St Lucia [Sainte-Lucie] are both islands within the Caribbean Sea. Aruba is a former Dutch colony. St Lucia is a former colony of both France and Great Britain. In fact, the two European powers fought so often over the Caribbean island that it became known as the 'Helen [of Troy] of the West Indies'.
Which four countries occupy the three biggest islands in the Caribbean Sea?
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The Netherlands, France, UK and the US possess the islands in the Caribbean Sea.
What is the devils mouth in the Caribbean?
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because it is an U shaped island with coral reefs surrounding it
The West Indies is made up of Bahamas and which two other island groups?
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The Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles
