Caribbean Countries and Territories

Bahamas are in the Atlantic. There's a really good map on Wikipedia.

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

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).

mainland Colombia borders the caribbean

U.S?

It borders the Gulf of Mexico, not the sea itself.

I thought the southern tip of Florida would border the Caribbean.

Not even the Florida Keys?

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

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.

What about Turks and Caicos Islands?

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.

I also wondered about Turks and Caicos.

Turks and Caicos are north of Haiti, which is the northern border of the Carribean (that is used by this quiz)

Great quiz, QM. I got 30... need to brush up on Dutch stuff...

I only managed 22 because I left off all of the mainland countries... that's what I get for not reading the instructions.

Not so much a territory, just an uninhabited island which the US wants but doesn't use.

I think the Bahamas should be in this.

So does the Bahamas tourist board...

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

Great quiz. Maybe allow 'cayman' and 'virgin' and variations on Eustatius like 'eustasias' 'eustasius' 'eustatias'

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.

French Collectivity, rather than Collective!

But no Kokomo.

I also put in Kokomo :D

It got hit by Matthew.

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

Is El Salvador not a part of this because it only faces the Pacific Ocean?

Same reason that Japan isn't on it.

If you accept Colombia and Venezuela surely you will accept Guyana?

Guyana is too far east. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caribbean_general_map.png

what happened to the turks and caicos

North of Cuba, which is the northern border of the Carribean. Or at least the border that this quiz uses.

when you forget Mexico... and you get all of the dutch territories

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.

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.

Mexico and Colombia are considered Caribbean countries, though.

Map Please

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.

I knew Saba, why didn't I get it?!?!? 36/37

Why is Barbados included? According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea) Barbados is not in the Caribbean.

+1

Agree on barbados, it is considered to be in the atlantic.

From the instructions, "We consider the Lesser Antilles to be the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea."

learned a new word! never heard of hubris (which is odd, because it is rather common.. and well documented on this site..)

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".)

I am Dutch and I forgot Saba and Sint Eustasius...

oops

El Salvador also has a overseas territory in the caribbean sea

El Salvador only has coastline on the Pacific Ocean

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.

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

Pretty sure the two banks are officially part of Colombia, but I see no reason why Navassa Island is excluded from the list.

GG missed st barthhelemy and the caymans

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.

Just a question but should USA be counted because of Guantanamo Bay?

Guantanamo Bay is not a U.S. territory. It technically still belongs to Cuba, while the US leases the land.

Like British Indian Ocean Territory. The UK owns the land, but the UK and US both use it as a military base.

though... from the perspective of the present-day Cuban government... the 1903 lease of Guantanamo to the US, which has no set expiration date, was signed under duress and is therefore invalid. Though the US government keeps sending the Cuban government checks for the lease of the land as per the agreement, the Cubans have only ever cashed one of those checks since 1974, and the Cubans call this an illegal occupation. In spite of Jack Nicholson's concerns, however, the Cubans lack the military power or political capital to do anything about this.

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.

Goddammit, forgot to type Barbados!!!

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?

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Colombia is in South America and is not an island in the Caribbean

How about French Guiana?

The eastern border of the Caribbean is where the lesser antilles and Trinidad and Tobago meet Venezuela. Guyana, Suriname, and French Guyana are east of that so they don't border the Caribbean.

Why is Barbados included? if the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos islands aren't included, then Barbados should not either. It is not in the Caribbean

Most possibly because it's part of the Lesser Antilles.

"We consider the Lesser Antilles to be the eastern border of the Caribbean sea"

And, for clarification, does the Gulf of Mexico count for the Caribbean Sea?

No