Caribbean.?
October 5, 2009 by Caribbean Vacation and Island Tips
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Can you answer Afsoun_Nicole_32907’s question about Caribbean?:
how many islands does the caribbean have??
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how many islands does the caribbean have??
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Caribbean Feedback: The caribbean has more than 7000 islands and islets in all combine.
there are 22 independent nation islands in the mix also.
Caribbean Feedback: 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cays. The West Indies consist of the Antilles, divided into the larger Greater Antilles which bound the sea on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (including the Leeward Antilles), and the Bahamas. Geopolitical, the West Indies are usually reckoned as a sub region of North America and are organized into 28 territories including sovereign states, overseas departments, and dependencies. At one time, there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of ten English-speaking Caribbean territories.
The Caribbean islands are an island chain 2,500 miles (4,020 km) long and no more than 160 miles (257 km) wide at any given point. They enclose the Caribbean Sea.[1]
In the English-speaking Caribbean, someone from the Caribbean is usually referred to as a “West Indian,” although the phrase “Caribbean person” is sometimes used.