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Caribbean Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, partially enclosed on the north and east by the islands of the West Indies, and bounded on the south by South America and Panama, and on the west by Central America. The name of the sea is derived from the Carib people, who inhabited the area when Spanish explorers arrived there in the 15th century.
The Caribbean is approximately 2415 km (approximately 1500 mi) long east and west and between about 640 and 1450 km (about 400 and 900 mi) wide. It has an area of about 1,942,500 sq km (about 750,000 sq mi). At the northwestern extremity it is connected with the Gulf of Mexico by the Yucatán Channel, a passage about 193 km (about 120 mi) wide between Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula.
Some of the hotels, motels and resorts available for booking in our reservation network include, Ramada Inn, Marriott Hotels, Super 8 Motels, Econo Lodge, Holiday Inn & Holiday Inn Express, Travelodge, Hampton Inn, Sheraton, Hilton, Best Western, Hyatt and Hyatt Regency, Wyndham Inn, Ritz and Ritz Carlton, Days Inn, Courtyard by Marriott, La Quinta Inns, Comfort Inn and Comfort Suite, Embassy Suites, Quality Inn, Radisson Inn, Sleep Inn, Numerous Resorts and Resort Villas throughout the globe, along with Plaza and Plaza Suites and and array of private and Golf Clubs and Golf Resorts.
Select a Country or Island from the list below or to the left to see the hotels and motels throughout this region, that have reservations available through our network. Other continents and countries are listed near the top of this page.
Caribbean
- Anguilla - West Indies, archipelago in the northern part of the western hemisphere,
- Antigua And Barbuda - independent island state, West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
- Aruba - island in the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea, near the Paraguaná Peninsula of Venezuela
- Bahamas - officially Commonwealth of the Bahamas, independent state, West Indies,
- Barbados - independent state and easternmost island of the West Indies.
- Bermuda - island group, self-governing dependency of Great Britain, in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
- Cayman Islands - dependency of Great Britain, in the West Indies, in the Caribbean Sea
- Dominica - island republic in the West Indies, lying in the Caribbean Sea, approximately midway between the islands of Guadeloupe (on the north) and Martinique (on the south)
- Dominican Republic - republic of the West Indies, the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola
- Grenada - independent state in the West Indies, comprising the island of Grenada and some of the southern Grenadines
- Guadeloupe - French West Indies, off the northwestern coast of South America, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
- Haiti - independent republic of the West Indies, the western third of the island of Hispaniola
- Jamaica - third largest island of the Greater Antilles of the West Indies, situated south of Cuba.
- Martinique - in the French West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, off the northwestern coast of South America.
- Netherlands Antilles - integral part of the Netherlands, comprising two island groups of three islands each, the Netherlands Leeward and the Netherlands Windward islands, in the Caribbean Sea
- Puerto Rico - commonwealth of the United States, composed of one large island and several small islands.
- Saint Kitts And Nevis - eastern Caribbean Sea, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, comprising two of the Leeward Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the West Indies.
- Saint Lucia - independent island state, one of the Windward Islands, West Indies, southeastern Caribbean Sea, between Martinique on the north and Saint Vincent on the south
- St Vincent And The Grenadines - Windward Islands group in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies south of Saint Lucia and north of Grenada.
- Trinidad And Tobago - comprising the southernmost of the Caribbean islands, namely, Trinidad and Tobago and adjacent islets situated off the coast of Venezuela.
- Turks And Caicos Islands - British dependency in the West Indies, southeast of the Bahamas
- Virgin Islands - British - group of 36 islands east of Puerto Rico, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies,
- Virgin Islands - U.S. - group of 3 islands and about 50 islets, most of which are uninhabited, in the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies, east of Puerto Rico and lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
The Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti is a major shipping route between the United States and the Panama Canal. Many gulfs and bays indent the coastline of South America, notably the Gulf of Venezuela, which carries tidal waters to Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. With a few exceptions the entire Caribbean Basin is more than 1830 m (more than 6000 ft) deep.
Large areas of the sea exceed 3660 m (12,000 ft) in depth; the greatest depth measured thus far is Cayman Trench (7535 m/24,720 ft) between Jamaica and Cayman Islands. Navigation is open and clear, making the Caribbean a major trade route for Latin American countries.
The main oceanic current in the Caribbean Sea is an extension of the North Equatorial and South Equatorial currents, which enter the sea at he southeastern extremity and flow in a generally northwestern direction. A popular resort area, the Caribbean Sea is noted for its mild tropical climate.
Some "Caribbean Sea," information Microsoft® Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
(c) 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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