![]() All the islands in the Antilles plus the Lucayan Archipelago form the West Indies, which is often interchangeable with the term Caribbean. The nearby Lucayan Archipelago, comprising The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, is considered to be a part of the Caribbean despite not bordering the Caribbean Sea. Island arcs delineate the northern and eastern edges of the Caribbean Sea: the Greater Antilles in the north and the Lesser Antilles, which includes the Leeward Antilles, in the east and south. ![]() Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region has more than 700 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America. ![]() The Caribbean ( / ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ə n, k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ə n/ KARR-ib- EE-ən, kə- RIB-ee-ən, locally / ˈ k ær ɪ b i æ n/ KARR-ib-ee-an Spanish: el Caribe French: les Caraïbes Dutch: de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are often also included in the region. List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies
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