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Regional Overview of Caribbean Islands| TABLE 38. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA FOR THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS | ||||
| Island group |
Area (km²) |
Altitude (m) |
Number of islands |
References |
| BERMUDA | ||||
| Bermuda | 55 | 79 | 6 + rocky islets | Britton 1918 |
BAHAMAS |
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| Bahamas | 13,830 (10,010)* |
65 | 35 + 700 cays + c. 2400 vegetated islets | Campbell 1978; Correll and Correll 1982 |
| Turks and Caicos | 430 | 47 | 5 + cays | Ray and Sprunt 1971 |
GREATER ANTILLES I |
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| Cuba | 108,722 | 1974 | 1 + many large cays | Smith 1954; Borhidi and Muñiz 1980; Capote et al. 1989; Cuba 1989; Borhidi 1991 |
| Isla de la Juventud | 2126 | 310 | 1 + cays and mangrove islets | Jennings 1911, 1917; Britton 1916 |
| Cayman Islands | 264 | 43 | 3 | Stoddart 1980; Sauer 1982; Brunt in Proctor 1984 |
GREATER ANTILLES II |
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| Jamaica | 11,425 | 2256 | 1 + c. 20 cays and (10,830)* rocky islets | Asprey and Robbins 1953; Thompson et al. 1986 |
| Hispaniola: | ||||
| Haiti | 27,749 | 2680 | 1 + 5 (incl. Navassa) | Ciferri 1936 |
| Dominican Republic |
48,441 | 3087 | 1 + 3 + rocky islets | Moscoso 1943 |
| Puerto Rico | 8897 | 1338 | 1 + 5 (incl. Mona) | Britton and Wilson 1923; Liogier and Martorell 1982; Liogier 1985; Proctor 1989 |
| Vieques | c. 140 | 301 | 1 + c. 20 cays and rocks | Shafer 1914; Sorrié 1975 |
VIRGIN ISLANDS |
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| British Virgin Islands: | ||||
| Anegada | 39 | 8.5 | 1 + Sombrero | Labastille and Richmond 1973; D'Arcy 1975 |
| Tortola | 62 | 542 | 1 + rocky islets | D'Arcy 1967; Howard and Kellogg 1987 |
| Virgin Gorda | 21 | 469 | 1 + rocky islets | Little et al. 1976 |
| Jost Van Dyke | 10 | 321 | 1 + rocky islets | Danforth 1935 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands: | ||||
| St John | 54 | 389 | Woodbury and Weaver 1987 | |
| St Thomas | 85 | 472 | 3 + c. 10 rocky islets and cays | |
| St Croix | 215 | 355 | Millspaugh 1902 | |
LESSER ANTILLES - I LEEWARD ISLANDS |
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| Outer Leeward Islands: | ||||
| Anguilla | 91 | 69 | 1 + cays | Box 1940; Harris 1965; Howard and Kellogg 1987 |
| St Maarten | 85 | 424 | 1 + islets | Boldingh 1909b; Stoffers 1956 |
| St Barthélemy | 21 | 281 | 1 + 6 islets | Questel 1941 |
| Barbuda | 160 | 45 | 1 | Beard 1949 |
| Antigua | 279 | 402 | 1 + rocky limestone island | Wheeler 1916; Loveless 1960 |
| Inner Leeward Islands: | ||||
| Saba | 14 | 870 | 1 | See St Maarten |
| St Eustatius/Statia | 31 | 581 | 1 | See St Maarten |
| St Kitts | 168 | 1156 | 1 | Beard 1949 |
| Nevis | 93 | 985 | 1 | Beard 1949 |
| Redonda | 1.3 | 297 | 1 (unpopulated but goats present) | Tempany 1915; Box 1939a; Howard 1962a |
| Montserrat | 98 | 914 | 1 | Beard 1949 |
LESSER ANTILLES - II FRENCH ANTILLES |
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| Guadeloupe | 1705 | 1465 | 6 + rocky islets | Duss 1897; Stehlé 1936; Beard 1949; Portecop 1979; Sastre and Portecop 1985 |
| Martinique | 1100 | 1463 | 1 | See Guadeloupe |
LESSER ANTILLES - III WINDWARD ISLANDS |
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| Dominica | 751 | 1447 | 1 + 2 islets | Hodge 1954; Nicolson 1991 |
| St Lucia | 616 | 958 | 1 + 6 islets | Beard 1949 |
| St Vincent | 389 | 1234 | 1 + 4 islets | Beard 1949 |
| Grenadines | 90 | 308 | 16 + 100 or more islets and rocks | Howard 1952 |
| Grenada | 344 | 838 | 1 + rocky islets | Beard 1949; Groome 1970 |
LESSER ANTILLES - IV BARBADOS |
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| Barbados | 430 | 336 | 1 | Hardy 19321933; Gooding 1974 |
SOUTHERN OFFSHORE ISLANDS |
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| Southern Netherlands Antilles | ||||
| Aruba | 175 | 188 | 1 + cays | Boldingh 1914; Stoffers 1956 |
| Curaçao | 425 | 375 | 1 | See Aruba |
| Bonaire | 265 | 240 | 2 | See Aruba |
| Trinidad and Tobago | ||||
| Trinidad | 4543 | 940 | 1 + 10 rocky islands and islets | Beard 1946; Richardson 1963 |
| Tobago | 295 | 576 | 1 + 2 large and a few small rocky islets | Beard 1944 |
| Note: * refers to land area. | ||||
| TOTAL LAND AREA: c. 240,000 km² | ||||
| TOTAL NUMBER OF ISLANDS: 115 + cays and rocky islets | ||||