Sea of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by North, Central and South America
Caribbean Sea
Satellite image of the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
Map of the Caribbean Sea
Location
American Mediterranean Sea
Coordinates
15°N75°W / 15°N 75°W / 15; -75
Type
Sea
Part of
Atlantic Ocean
River sources
Magdalena
Atrato
Chagres
San Juan
Coco
Motagua
Basin countries
List
Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Belize British Virgin Islands Caribbean Netherlands Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat Martinique Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago United States Virgin Islands Venezuela
Surface area
2,754,000 km2 (1,063,000 sq mi)
Max. depth
7,686 m (25,217 ft)
Islands
West Indies (Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles)
Trenches
Cayman Trench and Puerto Rico Trench
Settlements
Major cities
Barcelona Barranquilla Basse-Terre Belize City Bluefields Brades Caimanera Cancún Cartagena Castries Catia La Mar Chaguanas Charlotte Amalie Chetumal Colón Couva Cumaná Guantánamo Havana Kingston Kingstown Kralendijk La Ceiba La Guaira Limón Little Bay Maiquetía Maracaibo Maracay Mayagüez Montego Bay Oranjestad Ponce Porlamar Port-au-Prince Port of Spain Puerto Barrios Puerto Cabello Puerto Cortes Puerto Padre Puerto la Cruz Punto Fijo Riohacha Roseau San Andrés San Juan San Fernando Santa Marta Santiago de Cuba Santiago de los Caballeros Santo Domingo Scarborough St. George's St. John's Turbo Willemstad
The Caribbean Sea[1] is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and to the south by the northern coast of South America. The Gulf of Mexico lies to the northwest.
The entire Caribbean Sea area, the West Indies' numerous islands, and adjacent coasts are collectively known as the Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest seas on Earth and has an area of about 2,754,000 km2 (1,063,000 sq mi).[2][3] The sea's deepest point is the Cayman Trough, between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, at 7,686 m (25,217 ft) below sea level. The Caribbean coastline has many gulfs and bays: the Gulf of Gonâve, the Gulf of Venezuela, the Gulf of Darién, Golfo de los Mosquitos, the Gulf of Paria and the Gulf of Honduras.
Coral reef near Soufrière Quarter, Saint Lucia
The Caribbean Sea has the world's second-largest barrier reef, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. It runs 1,000 km (620 mi) along the Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras[4] coasts.
^(Spanish: Mar Caribe; French: Mer des Caraïbes; Haitian Creole: Lanmè Karayib; Jamaican Patois: Kiaribiyan Sii; Dutch: Caraïbische Zee; Papiamento: Laman Karibe)
^The Caribbean Sea Archived 2018-01-04 at the Wayback Machine All The Sea. URL last accessed May 7, 2006
^"The Caribbean Sea". Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
^"Mesoamerican Reef | Places | WWF". World Wildlife Fund. Archived from the original on 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
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