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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....
 is an archipelagic
Archipelago

An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Italian language arcipelago , derived ultimately from Greek language arkhon and pelagos ....
 republic
Republic

A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch but in which the people have an impact on its government. The word originates from the Latin term res publica....
 in the southern Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 which consists of numerous landforms.

Bocas Islands lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas del Dragón
Bocas del Dragón

The Bocas del Drag?n is the name of the series of straits separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea. There are four Bocas, from west to east they are:...
 (Dragons' Mouth). Locally they are referred to as "Down the Islands".

Major Bocas Islands Minor Bocas Islands
Five Islands are a group of actually six small islands lying west of Port of Spain
Port of Spain

Port of Spain is the Capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third largest municipality, after San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and Chaguanas....
 in the Gulf of Paria
Gulf of Paria

The Gulf of Paria is a 7800 km2 shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. This sheltered body of water is considered to be one of the best natural harbours on the Atlantic coast of the Americas....
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....
 is an archipelagic
Archipelago

An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Italian language arcipelago , derived ultimately from Greek language arkhon and pelagos ....
 republic
Republic

A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch but in which the people have an impact on its government. The word originates from the Latin term res publica....
 in the southern Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 which consists of numerous landforms.

Major islands

  • Trinidad
    Trinidad

    Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and islands of Trinidad and Tobago which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago....
  • Tobago
    Tobago

    Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean Sea, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada....


Bocas Islands

The Bocas Islands lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas del Dragón
Bocas del Dragón

The Bocas del Drag?n is the name of the series of straits separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea. There are four Bocas, from west to east they are:...
 (Dragons' Mouth). Locally they are referred to as "Down the Islands".

Major Bocas Islands
  • Chacachacare
    Chacachacare

    Chacachacare is an abandoned island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago located at 10? 41' north latitude and 61? 45' west longitude. It is one of the "Bocas Islands", which lie in the Bocas del Drag?n between Trinidad and Venezuela....
  • Monos
    Monos

    Monos is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of the "Bocas Islands", which lie in the Bocas del Drag?n between Trinidad and Venezuela....
  • Huevos
    Huevos

    Huevos is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The island is 1.01 km? in area. It is one of the "Bocas Islands", which lie in the Bocas del Drag?n between Trinidad and Venezuela....
  • Gaspar Grande
    Gaspar Grande

    Gaspar Grande or Gasparee is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago named for Gaspar de Perc?n. The island is 1.29 km? in area and lies 12 km west of Port of Spain....
     (Gasparee)
Minor Bocas Islands
  • Gasparillo Island
    Gasparillo Island

    Gasparillo is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of the "Bocas Islands" , which lie in the Bocas del Drag?n between the main island of Trinidad and Venezuela....
     (Little Gasparee or Centipede Island)
  • Parasol Rocks
    Parasol Rocks

    Parasol Rocks is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of the minor Islands_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago#Bocas_Islands located near Huevos....
  • Cabresse Island
    Cabresse Island

    Cabresse Island is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of the minor Islands_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago#Bocas_Islands located near Chacachacare....

Five Islands

The Five Islands are a group of actually six small islands lying west of Port of Spain
Port of Spain

Port of Spain is the Capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third largest municipality, after San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and Chaguanas....
 in the Gulf of Paria
Gulf of Paria

The Gulf of Paria is a 7800 km2 shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. This sheltered body of water is considered to be one of the best natural harbours on the Atlantic coast of the Americas....
. Also known as Las Cotorras.

  • Caledonia Island
    Caledonia Island

    Caledonia Island is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of "The Five Islands" group of six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria....
  • Craig Island
    Craig Island

    Craig Island is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of ?The Five Islands? group of six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria....
     (Craig and Caledonia are joined by a man made causeway
    Causeway

    In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated on a sandbank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. A transport corridor that is carried instead on a series of arches, perhaps approaching a bridge, is a viaduct....
    )
  • Lenagan Island
    Lenagan Island

    Lenagan Island is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of ?The Five Islands? group of six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria....
  • Nelson Island
    Nelson Island, Trinidad and Tobago

    Nelson Island, Trinidad and Tobago is one of the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago#Five Islands which lie west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria....
  • Pelican Island
    Pelican Island (Trinidad and Tobago)

    Pelican Island is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of ?The Five Islands? group of six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria....
  • Rock Island
    Rock Island (Trinidad and Tobago)

    Rock Island is a small island in Trinidad and Tobago, part of the Five Islands group of islands. It is located in the Gulf of Paria, approximately 2 kilometres off the main island of Trinidad from Point Gourde....


San Diego Islands


Sometimes referred to simply as the Diego Islands, these two islets lie between the Bocas Islands and the Five Islands.

  • Cronstadt
    Cronstadt Island

    Cronstadt Island is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. One of the "San Diego Islands", it is an islet in the in the Gulf of Paria that lies between the ?Bocas Islands? and ?The Five Islands?....
     (Kronstadt)
  • Carrera
    Carrera Island

    Carrera Island is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is an islet in the in the Gulf of Paria that lies between the ?Bocas Islands? and ?The Five Islands?, and is a prison island....
     (a prison
    Prison

    A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or internment and usually deprived of a range of personal Freedom ....
     island)


Others in the Gulf of Paria


  • Faralon Rock
    Faralon Rock

    Faralon Rock is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the in the Gulf of Paria just off the coast of San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago....
    , off San Fernando
    San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

    The City of San Fernando is the larger of the two major cities in Trinidad and Tobago, and the second largest municipality. It occupies 18 kilometre? and is located in the southwestern part of the island of Trinidad....
  • Soldado Rock
    Soldado Rock

    Soldado Rock is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the Gulf of Paria....


North Coast of Trinidad


  • Saut d'Eau
    Saut d'Eau

    Saut d'Eau, French language for "Waterfall", is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located just off the north coast of main island of Trinidad in the Caribbean Sea....


Off Tobago

  • Little Tobago
    Little Tobago

    Little Tobago is a small island off the northeastern coast of Tobago, and part of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The island is about 1 square kilometre in area and is located at 11? 18' north latitude and 60? 31' west longitude, approximately 2.4 kilometre from Speyside, Trinidad and Tobago....
     (Bird of Paradise Island)
  • St. Giles Island
    Saint Giles Island

    The St Giles Island is a small island off the northeast tip of Tobago. It is the northernmost point in Trinidad and Tobago....
  • Goat Island
    Goat Island, Trinidad and Tobago

    Goat Island is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located off the coast of Speyside, Trinidad and Tobago, between Tobago and Little Tobago....
  • Sisters' Rock
    Sisters' Rock

    Sisters? Rock is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located off the coast of Tobago....


See also

  • List of islands in the Caribbean
    List of islands in the Caribbean

    This is a list of islands of the Caribbean region, organized by the political territory each island belongs to....
  • Republic of Trinidad and Tobago