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The Greater Antilles is a collection of five major Caribbean islands, including Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

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Windward Islands, an island chain at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea, in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies. See more »

Cayman Islands, an island group and a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, about 380 miles (610 km) south of Florida.

Danish West Indies, the name of the Virgin Islands of the United States when they were possessions of Denmark from the late 17th century to 1917.

Dominican Republic, a country occupying the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the West Indies.

Windward Islands, an island chain at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea, in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies.

Windward Passage, or Windward Channel, a strait between Cuba and Haiti in the West Indies, linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Turks and Caicos Islands, a United Kingdom Overseas Territory in the West Indies.

West Indies, a chain of tropical islands in the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America.

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