Antilles

[an-til-eez]
plural noun
1. a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one
including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles), the
other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S(Lesser
Antilles or Caribees).
main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas
The Antillean islands are divided into two smaller groupings: the Greater Antilles and the Lesser
Antilles. The Greater Antilles includes the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto
Rico, Hispaniola (subdivided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and the Cayman Islands. The
Lesser Antilles contains the northerly Leeward Islands, the southeasterly Windward Islands, and
the Leeward Antilles just north of Venezuela. The Lucayan Archipelago (consisting of the
Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands), though part of the West Indies, are generally not included
among the Antillean islands.

Lucayan Archipelago[edit]

 Bahamas
 Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)
Greater Antilles[edit]
Main article: Greater Antilles

 Cuba
 Hispaniola
 Haiti
 Dominican Republic
 Jamaica
 Puerto Rico (United States)
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
Lesser Antilles
Leeward Antilles

 Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

 Bonaire (Netherlands)
 Curaçao (Netherlands)
 Federal Dependencies of Venezuela
 Los Monjes Archipelago
 La Tortuga Island
 La Sola Island
 Los Testigos Islands
 Los Frailes Islands
 Patos Island
 Los Roques Archipelago
 Blanquilla Island
 Los Hermanos Archipelago
 Orchila Island
 Las Aves Archipelago
 Aves Island
 Nueva Esparta State (Venezuela)
 Margarita Island
 Coche
 Cubagua
Leeward Islands

 Anguilla (United Kingdom)
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Antigua
 Barbuda
 Redonda
 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
 Guadeloupe (France)
 La Désirade
 Marie-Galante
 Les Saintes
 Montserrat (United Kingdom)
 Saba (Netherlands)
 Saint Barthélemy (France)
 Saint Martin
 Collectivity of Saint Martin (France)
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Kitts
 Nevis
 Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)
 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States)
 Saint Croix
 Saint Thomas
 Saint John
Windward Islands

 Dominica
 Grenada
 Martinique (France)
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Other islands[edit]

 Barbados
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Tobago
 Trinidad