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Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > West Indies
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies
Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies

Preferred term

West Indies  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)

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Entry terms

  • Caribbean Islands

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