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The Caribbean: Natural and Geographic Landscape

4 months ago By The Editor

The Caribbean, or West Indies, is a region of the Americas that consists of several groups of islands within or bordering the Caribbean Sea, plus The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, which are in the Atlantic Ocean. The region includes more than 700 islands, islets, reefs, and cays.

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The Path of Human Settlement in the Caribbean

2 years ago By Syndication

The Caribbean is the only region of the Americas where people settled an archipelago with some islands not visible from surrounding areas. Despite more than a century of research, there are still many questions about when they migrated and what routes they took.

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Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago)

2 years ago By The Editor

Main Ridge is the primary mountainous spine of the island of Tobago in the southern Caribbean. The Main Ridge Forest Reserve, which encompasses about 10,000 acres of tropical rain forest, is one of the oldest protected areas in the world.

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Man of War Shoal National Marine Park (Sint Maarten)

4 years ago By The Editor

The Man of War Shoal National Marine Park is located off the southern shore of Sint Maarten. The park protects habitats from globally threatened coral reefs and seagrass beds to open water. It is a sanctuary for whales, dolphins, sharks, sea turtles, and many fish.

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Massif de la Hotte: La Hotte Biosphere Reserve (Haiti)

4 years ago By The Editor

The Massif de la Hotte is a mountain range in southwestern Haiti located in southeastern Haiti. La Hotte Biosphere Reserve includes six mountain peaks and encompasses terrestrial and marine areas. The region is considered a biodiversity hotspot due to the wide variation in climate.

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Montserrat: Soufrière Hills Volcano (Caribbean)

The Editor Wed, 09/11/2019 - 21:07

Montserrat is an island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the West Indies, nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean." The Soufrière Hills volcano is an active, complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island.

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Morne Diablotin: Morne Diablotin National Park (Dominica)

2 years ago By The Editor

Morne Diablotin is the highest mountain in Dominica and the second highest in the Lesser Antilles. Morne Diablotin National Park protects two endemic parrots and some of the least disturbed stands of tropical rain forest on the Caribbean island.

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Morne Trois Pitons National Park (Dominica)

4 years ago By The Editor

Morne Trois Pitons National Park is a protected area on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Luxuriant natural tropical forest blends with scenic volcanic features centered on the volcano from which the park takes its name. The site hosts the richest biodiversity in the Lesser Antilles.

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Mount Pelée: Town of Saint-Pierre (Martinique)

10 months ago By The Editor

Mount Pelée is an active volcano located in the northern part of the island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles. The volcano was the source of one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history which destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre in 1902, once the most important city on the island.

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National History Park: Citadel, Sans-Souci, Ramiers (Haiti)

4 years ago By The Editor

The National History Park includes Haitian monuments dating from the beginning of the 19th century when Haiti proclaimed independence. The Palace of Sans Souci, the buildings at Ramiers, and the Citadel are universal symbols of liberty constructed by black slaves who had gained freedom.

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Nature Reserve of Saint Barthélemy

4 years ago By The Editor

The Nature Reserve of Saint Barthélemy, founded in 1996 to protect underwater ecosystems, covers 2,965 acres in five sectors. It was established with the objective of conserving coral reefs, sea grass beds and marine life. The reserve has coral formations in an area of 680 acres.

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North American Tectonic Plate

2 years ago By The Editor

The North American Plate is a tectonic plate that underlies much of North America and Central America and part of the Caribbean Sea. It shares a boundary with the Pacific Plate and Cocos Plate in the west and the Caribbean Plate in the south.

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