Title: Caribbean Sea - Wikipedia
Headings: Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
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Caribbean Sea
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A 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
Coordinates
15°N 75°W
﻿ / ﻿ 15°N 75°W ﻿ / 15; -75
Coordinates: 15°N 75°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
Bahamas
Barbados
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 km 2 (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
Bridgetown
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 ( Spanish: Mar Caribe; French: Mer des Caraïbes; Haitian Creole: Lamè Karayib;