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The Caribbean (/ ˌ k ær ɪ ˈ b iː ən, k ə ˈ r ɪ b i ən / KARR-ih-BEE-ən, kə-RIB-ee-ən, locally / ˈ k ær ɪ b i æ n / KARR-ih-bee-an; [4] Spanish: el Caribe; French: les Caraïbes; Dutch: de Caraïben) is a subregion in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies.
Tolkien's Middle-earth was part of his created world of Arda. It was a flat world surrounded by ocean. It included the Undying Lands of Aman and Eressëa, which were all part of the wider creation, Eä. Aman and Middle-earth were separated from each other by the Great Sea Belegaer, analogous to the Atlantic Ocean.
Gulf of Paria, in the Caribbean Sea between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela; Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary and the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean; San Jorge Gulf, in Patagonian Southern Atlantic Ocean; San Matias Gulf, in Patagonian Southern Atlantic Ocean
The West Indies is an island subregion in the middle of the Americas, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, [5] [6] which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago, including the English-speaking countries ...
Map of Latin America and the Caribbean. The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC [1]) is an English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile.
Geographically, the peninsula encompasses most of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil and the southernmost portion of Paraguay, which makes it one of the largest peninsulas in the world. Like the Indian Peninsula , the Southern Cone is sometimes considered to be a subcontinent.
Middle America is a subregion in the middle latitudes of the Americas. It usually includes Mexico, the seven countries of Central America, and the 13 island countries and 18 territories of the Caribbean. Together with Northern America, they form the continent of North America.
Geography of Cuba Sierra Maestra Viñales Valley. Cuba is located 77 km (48 mi) west of Haiti across the Windward Passage, 22.5 km (14.0 mi) south of The Bahamas (Cay Lobos), 150 km (93 mi) south of the United States (Key West, Florida), 210 km (130 mi) east of Mexico, and 140 km (87 mi) north of Jamaica. It was made in three stages. [2]