The Caribbean islands are located in the region of the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean Sea region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, north of South America and West of the Atlantic Ocean. The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, considered as the Lucayan Archipelago and do not border the Caribbean Sea, they are technically part of the West Indies but not the Caribbean. The mainland countries of Belize, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are often included as Caribbean Islands due to their political and cultural ties with the region.

• Greater Antilles

  • Cayman Islands
  • Cuba
  • Dominican Republic
  • Jamaica
  • Puerto Rico
  • Haiti

• Leeward Islands

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Guadelopue
  • Montserrat
  • Saba
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Martin
  • Sint Maarten
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • US Virgin Islands

• Windward Islands

  • Barbados
  • Dominica
  • Grenada
  • Martinique
  • Saint Lucia
  • St. Vicent and Grenadines
  • Trinidad and Tobago

• ABC Islands

  • Aruba
  • Bonaire
  • Curacao

• Lucayan Archipelago

  • The Bahamas
  • Turks and Caicos