Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation located on the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major islands – Antigua and Barbuda - as well as a number of smaller islets. The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are part of the Lesser Antilles archipelago. To the south of Antigua and Barbuda lie the islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago. Montserrat lies to the southwest; Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Eustatius are to the west, and Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and Anguilla are to the northwest. The capital city of Antigua and Barbuda is Saint John's.
Aruba is an island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, 27 km north of the Paraguana Peninsula, Falcon State, Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Curacao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles. Aruba is an autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The capital city of Aruba is Oranjestad.
The Bahamas is a country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands that form an archipelago. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of the United States; northeast to east of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic & Haiti) and north of the Caribbean Sea; and west to northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The capital city of the Bahamas is Nassau.
Barbados is an island nation in the western Atlantic Ocean. Barbados is considered a part of the Lesser Antilles. Its closest island neighbours are Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia to the west. To the south lies Trinidad and Tobago, and also the South American mainland. The capital city of Barbados is Bridgetown.
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island Hispaniola is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are occupied by two countries, Saint Martin being the other. The capital city of The Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo.
Guadeloupe is an island group or archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Guadeloupe is an overseas department of France. As part of France, Guadeloupe is part of the European Union. The prefecture of Guadeloupe is Basse-Terre.
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles situated in the Caribbean Sea. Jamaica is about 145 kilometres south of Cuba, and 190 kilometres west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated. The capital city of Jamaica is Kingston.
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It is an overseas department of France. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia. As part of France, Martinique is part of the European Union. The capital city of Martinique is Fort-de-France.
Netherlands Antilles is part of the Lesser Antilles and consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curacao and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast, and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, located southeast of the Virgin Islands. The islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The capital city of Netherlands Antilles is Willemstad.
Puerto Rico is a self-governing territory of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico is an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. The capital city of Puerto Rico is San Juan.
Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. The Capital city of Saint Lucia is Castries.
Saint Martin is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km east of Puerto Rico. Saint Martin island is divided roughly in half between France and the Netherlands Antilles. The southern Dutch half comprises the Eilandgebied Sint Maarten (Island area of St. Martin) and is part of the Netherlands Antilles. The northern French half comprises the Collectivité de Saint-Martin (Collectivity of St. Martin) and is an overseas collectivity of France.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines. The capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Kingstown.
Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelago in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It also shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast and Guyana to the southeast. The country consists of two main islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous smaller landforms. The capital city of Trinidad and Tobago is Port of Spain.
Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands. The Turks and Caicos Islands are situated about 970 km southeast of Miami and 80 km south east of Mayaguana in the Bahamas. The capital city of the Turks and Caicos Islands is Cockburn Town.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. The capital city of The British Virgin Islands is Road Town.
The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John and Saint Thomas, along with the much smaller but historically distinct Water Island, and many other surrounding minor islands. The capital city of The United States Virgin Islands is Charlotte Amalie.
