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Caribbean Countries and Territories

Name the countries, territories, and overseas regions that border the Caribbean Sea.
Includes continental countries
Not including military bases
We consider the Lesser Antilles to be the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea
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Last updated: August 28, 2019
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First submittedJune 2, 2014
Times taken42,134
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Sovereign Nations
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Sovereign Nations
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
British Territories
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Montserrat
 
Dutch Countries
Aruba
Curaçao
Sint Maarten
 
Dutch Municipalities
Bonaire
Saba
Sint Eustatius
U.S. Territories
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
 
French Regions
Guadeloupe
Martinique
 
French Collectives
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin
dasims45
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Level 79
Jun 4, 2014
What about the Bahamas?
buck1017
+4
Level 72
Jun 4, 2014
Bahamas are in the Atlantic. There's a really good map on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caribbean_general_map.png

buck1017
+2
Level 72
Jun 4, 2014
So are San Andres and Providencia really part of Colombia? That seems pretty far away (although closer than Hawaii is to the USA I suppose).
RobertoCF
+2
Level 72
Sep 9, 2015
mainland Colombia borders the caribbean
tshalla
+2
Level 70
Mar 5, 2016
Yup, they're really part of Colombia.
Seals
+2
Level 38
Jul 2, 2014
U.S?
Sulps
+2
Level 59
Jul 2, 2014
It borders the Gulf of Mexico, not the sea itself.
AlexanderTheLarge
+6
Level 44
Jul 2, 2014
I thought the southern tip of Florida would border the Caribbean.
bakainu
+1
Level 65
Oct 14, 2019
Not even the Florida Keys?
Sagaris
+2
Level 49
Oct 14, 2019
Those are still north of Cuba, which is the northern border of the carribbean. Great map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caribbean_general_map.png
bluesdjben
+3
Level 72
Jul 2, 2014
Since you accidentally put Less Antilles in the instructions rather than Lesser Antilles, I assume you're talking about the Antilles of which there are fewer.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jul 2, 2014
This has been fixed.
Dhamo9585
+5
Level 61
Jul 2, 2014
What about Turks and Caicos Islands?
plattitude
+4
Level 88
Jul 2, 2014
Like the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands are not in the Caribbean as traditionally defined. The Caribbean is bordered by South America, Central America, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles down to Trinidad.
Nyanya
+1
Level 42
Oct 5, 2016
How about this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands

LadyQuizling
+1
Level 55
Jul 2, 2014
I also wondered about Turks and Caicos.
Sagaris
+1
Level 49
Oct 14, 2019
Turks and Caicos are north of Haiti, which is the northern border of the Carribean (that is used by this quiz)
thecoolestdude2
+1
Level 69
Jul 2, 2014
Great quiz, QM. I got 30... need to brush up on Dutch stuff...
Coyuznik
+2
Level 78
Jul 2, 2014
I only managed 22 because I left off all of the mainland countries... that's what I get for not reading the instructions.
Charles95
+1
Level 73
Dec 26, 2014
What about Navassa?
BotswanaEmperor
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Level 57
Apr 11, 2020
Not so much a territory, just an uninhabited island which the US wants but doesn't use.
ntp12
+2
Level 34
Jan 21, 2015
I think the Bahamas should be in this.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 62
Dec 23, 2020
So does the Bahamas tourist board...
100Greats
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Level 57
Feb 13, 2015
Hi! Looking from northern Europe BAHAMAS is connected to the Carribean sea, and Wikipedia writes that way, too. Take a look, and have a great Day;)! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Countries_in_the_Caribbean
kolp
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Level 81
Sep 17, 2015
What does it matter where you are "looking from"? QM clearly defined the area considered to be the Carribean for the purpose of this quiz. The Bahamas clearly do not fit the criteria. Doesn't mean other definitions would exclude it.
damoz7
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Level 68
Apr 23, 2015
Great quiz. Maybe allow 'cayman' and 'virgin' and variations on Eustatius like 'eustasias' 'eustasius' 'eustatias'
divantilya
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Level 37
Oct 5, 2016
Yeah, just go ahead and bastardize the name to accommodate illiterates.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Oct 14, 2019
I thought it was st eustachius. (at least in the local language) but guess I was wrong. A weird varation, not what you expect the word to be looking at similar words in dutch. I guess I had buis van eustachius/eustachian tube in my mind.
Thomas1VL
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Level 56
Aug 3, 2020
I speak Dutch. I don't see how this word doesn't look Dutch
Jerry928
+3
Level 74
Sep 9, 2015
French Collectivity, rather than Collective!
lucd13
+2
Level 67
Apr 21, 2019
Yeah, it's definitely 'Collectivity'.
Artie944
+3
Level 60
Oct 5, 2016
Thank you Beach Boys
ander217
+2
Level 78
Oct 5, 2016
But no Kokomo.
Quizzer314
+1
Level 43
Nov 27, 2019
I also put in Kokomo :D
mozart52
+1
Level 50
Oct 6, 2016
What the heck happened to the Bahamas, which is a sovereign nation?
Gamer1162
+1
Level 63
Oct 16, 2016
It got hit by Matthew.
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Oct 14, 2019
Not in the Caribbean. The world's oceans and seas are defined by an international body called the International Hydrographic Organization, and the Bahamas is clearly outside their internationally-agreed definition of what constitutes the Caribbean Sea. Look up the Caribbean Sea on Wikipedia, there is a link to the definition.
Sagaris
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Level 49
Oct 14, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caribbean_general_map.png
Laxxius
+1
Level 42
Apr 10, 2017
Is El Salvador not a part of this because it only faces the Pacific Ocean?
fitheach
+8
Level 58
Oct 14, 2019
Clearly
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 62
Dec 23, 2020
Same reason that Japan isn't on it.
alieninvasion109
+1
Level 27
Apr 25, 2017
Yup. It's not on the CARRIBEAN sea.
Smileyhugh
+1
Level 33
Apr 25, 2017
If you accept Colombia and Venezuela surely you will accept Guyana?
Sagaris
+1
Level 49
Oct 14, 2019
Guyana is too far east. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caribbean_general_map.png
skyraider112
+1
Level 46
May 13, 2017
what happened to the turks and caicos
Sagaris
+1
Level 49
Oct 14, 2019
North of Cuba, which is the northern border of the Carribean. Or at least the border that this quiz uses.
LukaDaBomb
+2
Level 49
Jun 11, 2017
when you forget Mexico... and you get all of the dutch territories
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jun 26, 2017
That's quite understandable because Mexico (and the gulf of Mexico) is not automatically though of as being part of the Caribbean. And since it is in this quiz, it opens a Pandora's Box, doesn't it? For, if you include Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize how can you exclude the gulf states of the US? (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida?)
Chargly
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Level 60
Jul 21, 2017
It''s called Caribbean Countries and Territories, and includes things that just border on the Caribbean Sea. Those aren't the same thing. I've never heard Mexico called a Caribbean country, and Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana are often included in cultural definitions, because of the close historical ties between them and the islands.
divantilya
+4
Level 37
Jul 28, 2017
Excuse me, but I thought that we were doing a geographical quiz, not a political or cultural one.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Oct 14, 2019
No need to get snappy, it isnt personal is it? He has a point, the title could have been chosen better. And just be "places that border the caribbean". Because mexico, colombia etc are indeed not considered caribbean countries, and that is what the title suggests.

I got what was meant though, the titles on this site are so often wrong if you take them literally. The description in the quiz itself usually is correct though. So I dont let myself be guided by the title, but see what it is really about after I click it.

MrPro
+4
Level 38
Jul 29, 2017
Map Please
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Oct 14, 2019
I agree adding a map would be very nice for this one. A map with just sea (or perhaps the us as an anchorpoint) where the countries/territories show up after you guess them.
mahble
+1
Level 71
Sep 10, 2017
I knew Saba, why didn't I get it?!?!? 36/37
mahble
+7
Level 71
Dec 16, 2017
Why is Barbados included? According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea) Barbados is not in the Caribbean.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 72
Oct 3, 2019
+1
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Oct 14, 2019
Agree on barbados, it is considered to be in the atlantic.
Lilylee
+2
Level 69
Oct 14, 2019
From the instructions, "We consider the Lesser Antilles to be the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea."
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jan 25, 2018
Thank You! - I am so sick and tired of countries/islands/entities being thrown where they don't belong because of hubris.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Oct 14, 2019
learned a new word! never heard of hubris (which is odd, because it is rather common.. and well documented on this site..)
sumguy
+1
Level 79
Oct 14, 2019
You have to type "British Virgin Islands", but only "USVI" to get the US Virgin Islands. (Yes, I know you can get both with "Virgin Islands".)
roadrage
+1
Level 65
Dec 2, 2019
I think I got it with just ‘bvi’.... but I’m not sure anymore.
KURWA
+3
Level 52
Oct 14, 2019
I am Dutch and I forgot Saba and Sint Eustasius...
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Nov 18, 2019
Sint Eustatius.
KURWA
+1
Level 52
Feb 3, 2020
oops
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Oct 14, 2019
El Salvador also has a overseas territory in the caribbean sea
Quizzer314
+1
Level 43
Nov 27, 2019
El Salvador only has coastline on the Pacific Ocean
GrandOldMan
+1
Level 43
Oct 22, 2020
You sure you ain't talking about Honduras? El Salvador doesn't even have territories. And as Quizzer said, it doesn't border the Caribbean.
Quizzer314
+1
Level 43
Nov 27, 2019
There are other territories of the United States that are in the Caribbean Sea but are disputed. Navassa Island, Bajo Nuevo Bank, and Serranilla Bank all fall under this category. Maybe you should add a disclaimer that disputed US claims don't count? Just a suggestion
TurkeyCookTime
+1
Level 63
Apr 30, 2020
Pretty sure the two banks are officially part of Colombia, but I see no reason why Navassa Island is excluded from the list.
NauruPalau
+1
Level 53
Feb 6, 2020
GG missed st barthhelemy and the caymans
MiniHunter
+1
Level 27
May 31, 2020
Shouldn't these following countries and whatnot; Navassa Island, Guantamano Bay, Provindencia, Santa Catalina and San Andrés, Federal Venezuelan Dependencies and the KINGDOM of the Netherlands, be included in the quiz? And also, who currently claims Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank? And, as they are disputed, should these be added to the list of Caribbean things? If someone could bust my additions to the list and answer my questions I'd thank him a lot.
tommytucker178
+1
Level 47
Jun 8, 2020
Just a question but should USA be counted because of Guantanamo Bay?
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jun 19, 2020
Guantanamo Bay is not a U.S. territory. It technically still belongs to Cuba, while the US leases the land.
Fuse
+1
Level 69
Jun 24, 2020
Like British Indian Ocean Territory. The UK owns the land, but the UK and US both use it as a military base.
SirGeorgington
+1
Level 70
Jun 19, 2020
If we're not including the US, the Bahamas, or the Turks and Caicos, we shouldn't include Barbados either. It lies a good ways outside the neat boundary drawn by the Lesser Antilles.
Yoshimano
+1
Level 57
Jul 12, 2020
Goddammit, forgot to type Barbados!!!
TjizzleDizzle
+1
Level 62
Oct 1, 2020
Probably helped being Dutch in getting the least known ones. Didn't know most of the British/French bits though.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 62
Dec 23, 2020
This comment section repeats itself every 4 or 5 entries:

Bahamas?

Turks and Caicos?

Spelling for Sint Eustatius?

El Salvador?

[interesting comment]

Bahamas?

Turks and Caicos?

Spelling for Sint Eustasius?

El Salvador?

[interesting comment]

Bahamas?

...

BakerBoy
+1
Level 21
Dec 27, 2020
Colombia is in South America and is not an island in the Caribbean
Belgium
+1
Level 43
Jan 7, 2021
How about French Guiana?
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