Regions in Caribbean: Other islands and territories

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These countries are not in the Caribbean basin but are variously close to it, and are commonly associated with the Caribbean (e.g. members of CARICOM, the Caribbean Community).

• The Bahamas – a cluster of islands north of the Greater Antilles and southeast of Florida.

• Bermuda – some distance to the north of the Caribbean, but commonly associated with the region.

• Navassa Island – uninhabited wildlife refuge, part of the United States, also claimed by Haiti

• Turks and Caicos Islands – a cluster of islands south of the Bahamas

• French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname – culturally and economically a part of the region, but geographically on mainland South America

• Several countries in Central America, South America and Mexico have shorelines – and islands – in the Caribbean.

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