List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago
Appearance
(Redirected from The Bocas Islands)
This is a list of islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean.
Major islands
[edit]Bocas Islands
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The Bocas Islands lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth). Locally they are referred to as "Down de Islands" or "DDI".
- Chacachacare
- Monos
- Huevos
- Gaspar Grande (Gasparee)
- Gasparillo Island (Little Gasparee or Centipede Island)
Five Islands
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The Five Islands are actually a group of six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria. Also known as Las Cotorras.
- Caledonia Island
- Craig Island (Craig and Caledonia are joined by a man-made causeway)
- Lenagan Island
- Nelson Island
- Pelican Island
- Rock Island
San Diego Islands
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Sometimes referred to simply as the Diego Islands, these two islets lie between the Bocas Islands and the Five Islands.
Others in the Gulf of Paria
[edit]North Coast of Trinidad
[edit]Off Tobago
[edit]- Little Tobago (Bird of Paradise Island)
- St. Giles Island
- Goat Island
- Sisters' Rock
List of minor islands with co-ordinates
[edit]Taken from the Archipelagic Baselines of Trinidad and Tobago Order, Notice No. 206 of 31 October 1988, as corrected by Legal Notice No. 77 on 5 April 1989.[1]
- East Rock 10°08′12″N 60°59′02″W / 10.13667°N 60.98389°W
- Casa Cruz Rock 10°04′22″N 61°09′45″W / 10.07278°N 61.16250°W
- Alcatras Rock 10°04′19″N 61°13′28″W / 10.07194°N 61.22444°W
- Icacos Point 10°02′28″N 61°54′30″W / 10.04111°N 61.90833°W
- Black Rock 10°03′27″N 62°01′33″W / 10.05750°N 62.02583°W
- Cabresse Point 10°41′47″N 61°45′36″W / 10.69639°N 61.76000°W
- Cabresse Island 10°41′58″N 61°45′25″W / 10.69944°N 61.75694°W
- Sisters Island 11°19′57″N 60°38′42″W / 11.33250°N 60.64500°W
- Marble Island 11°21′39″N 60°31′37″W / 11.36083°N 60.52694°W
- St. Giles Island 11°21′28″N 60°30′52″W / 11.35778°N 60.51444°W
- Little Tobago 11°17′39″N 60°29′40″W / 11.29417°N 60.49444°W
References
[edit]- ^ Trinidad and Tobago, Department of Navy, 2005