Greater Antilles Grandes Antilles(French) Antillas Mayores(Spanish)
Subregion of the Caribbean
Location within the Caribbean
Island States
6
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Area
• Total
207,411 km2 (80,081 sq mi)
Population
(2014)
• Total
38,400,500
• Density
171.45/km2 (444.1/sq mi)
Demonym
Greater Antillean
Time zone
EST: UTC-5/EDT: UTC-4 AST: UTC-4/ADT: UTC-3
The Greater Antilles[1] is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Navassa Island, and the Cayman Islands. Six island states share the region of the Greater Antilles, with Haiti and the Dominican Republic sharing the island of Hispaniola. Together with the Lesser Antilles, they make up the Antilles, which along with the Lucayan Archipelago, form the West Indies.
Havana Cathedral, built by the Spanish in Cuba between 1748 and 1777
While most of the Greater Antilles consists of independent countries, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States, while the Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory. The largest island by area is Cuba, which extends to the western end of the island group. Puerto Rico lies on the eastern end, and the island of Hispaniola, the largest island by population, is located in the middle. Jamaica lies to the south of Cuba, while the Cayman Islands are located to the west. The state of Florida is the closest point in the U.S mainland to the Greater Antilles, while the Florida Keys, though not part of the Greater Antilles, is an island group north of Cuba.
Puerto Rico’s historic district, Old San Juan, contains 16th-century architecture, including the Fort San Felipe del Morro, the Fort San Cristóbal, the City Wall of San Juan, and La Fortaleza.
The GreaterAntilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Navassa Island, and the...
are divided into two smaller groupings: the GreaterAntilles and the Lesser Antilles. The GreaterAntilles includes the Cayman Islands and larger islands...
The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are distinguished from the large islands of the GreaterAntilles to the west. They...
archipelagos: the GreaterAntilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago. The subregion includes all the islands in the Antilles, plus The Bahamas...
an endemic radiation of Caribbean sloths also formerly lived in the GreaterAntilles but became extinct after humans settled the archipelago in the mid-Holocene...
west and southwest, to the north by the GreaterAntilles starting with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and to the south by the northern coast...
edges of the Caribbean Sea: the GreaterAntilles in the north and the Lesser Antilles, which includes the Leeward Antilles, in the east and south. The nearby...
Peninsula, today represented by the Aves Islands and the Lesser and GreaterAntilles. This arc was the subject of constant tectonism and sea-level fluctuation...
Lokono of South America to the Taíno, who lived in the GreaterAntilles and northern Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. All these groups spoke related Arawakan...
Lesser Antilles on August 17, 2007, and as it passed through the interior of the Caribbean its outer rain bands swept over the GreaterAntilles. It passed...
The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ʔɑnˈtɪlə(n)] ; Papiamento: Antia Hulandes) was a constituent country of...
France, Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal in 15th century, due to the greater diversification including indigenous, Asian, African and European population...
Crown of Castile, before proceeding to explore the larger isles of the GreaterAntilles. The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas theoretically divided the new territories...
world, after India, China, and the United States). Puerto Rico in the GreaterAntilles of the Caribbean Sea is officially an unincorporated territory of the...
are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the GreaterAntilles, While the British Virgin Islands are officially designated as “The...
also UK: /-pænˈ-/) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the GreaterAntilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the...
240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the GreaterAntilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of Cuba...
result of the storm in the Lesser Antilles, and damage in those islands totaled abour US$880 million. In the GreaterAntilles, hundreds of deaths were confirmed...
western three-eighths of Hispaniola, the second largest island in the GreaterAntilles. At 27,750 km2 (10,710 sq mi) Haiti is the third largest country in...
Dominican Republic is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the GreaterAntilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to...
forests, Cuban pine forests, Cuban wetlands, Cuban cactus scrub, and GreaterAntilles mangroves. It had a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score...
dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the GreaterAntilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm...
under its jurisdiction. The islands ruled by Spain were chiefly the GreaterAntilles: Hispaniola (inclusive of modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic)...
Isthmus of Panama, where it was domesticated. It has spread to the GreaterAntilles and the West Indies and is now grown throughout the tropics, including...
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