WEST INDIES

 

 

            Most Americans think of the islands of the West Indies simply as the Caribbean Islands.  However, many of them are not in the actual Caribbean Sea—some are not even close. 

 

For convenience in web-viewing the West Indies is divided into five areas:

 

 

Greater Antilles:  Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

 

 

Leeward Islands:  Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy

(St. Barts), St. Eustatius (Statia), St. Kitts, and St. Martin

 

 

Windward Islands:  Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines

 

 

Southern Antilles:  Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla de Margarita, and Trinidad & Tobago

 

 

Outliers:  Bahamas, Bay Islands, Bermuda, Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Cayman Islands, Cozumel Island, Fernando de Noronha Islands, Florida Keys, San Andres & Providencia Islands, San Blas Archipelago, and the Turks & Caicos Islands

 

 

 

Copyright 2007 by Patrick J. Tyson     www.climates.com

Last edited in January of 2010