In physical geography, the Caribbean Basin is generally defined as the Caribbean Sea and any territories in or touching the Caribbean Sea. This means countries like Barbados and The Bahamas, which are culturally and politically Caribbean, are not included.[1]
Modern Caribbean Basin countries edit
- Anguilla ( United Kingdom)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba ( Netherlands)
- Bajo Nuevo Bank Colombia (Disputed by Jamaica, Nicaragua and United States)
- Belize
- British Virgin Islands ( United Kingdom)
- Caribbean Netherlands ( Netherlands)
- Caribbean region of Colombia
- Antioquia
- Atlántico
- Bolívar
- Cesar (Does not border the Caribbean Sea)
- Chocó
- Córdoba
- La Guajira
- Magdalena
- San Andrés y Providencia
- Sucre
- Cayman Islands ( United Kingdom)
- Cuba
- Curaçao ( Netherlands)
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe ( France)
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Izabal ( Guatemala)
- Jamaica
- Limón ( Costa Rica)
- Martinique ( France)
- Montserrat ( United Kingdom)
- Navassa Island (Disputed by Haiti)
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Puerto Rico ( United States)
- Quintana Roo ( Mexico)
- Saint Barthélemy ( France)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin ( France)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Serranilla Bank Colombia (Disputed by Honduras, Jamaica, and United States)
- Sint Maarten ( Netherlands)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States Virgin Islands ( United States)
- Venezuelan Caribbean
See also edit
Williams, E.H., Jr. & Bunkley-Williams, L. (2021) What and Where is the Caribbean? A Modern Definition. The Florida Geographer. p. 8-9
References edit
- ^ Williams, Ernest H.; Bunkley-Williams, Lucy (24 May 2021). "What and Where is the Caribbean? A Modern Definition". The Florida Geographer. 52 (1): 3–28.