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This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
Map of the Bahamas Most of the Bahamas are the above-water part of the Bahama Banks (light blue). During the ice ages these would have been two large islands The landmass that makes up what is the modern-day Bahamas, lies at the northern part of the Greater Antilles region and was believed to have been formed 200 million years ago when they ...
The Bahamas [n 1] Commonwealth of The Bahamas BHS English: The Bahamas—Commonwealth of The Bahamas: Nassau: 407,906 13,940 km 2 (5,382 sq mi) Bahamian dollar: Barbados [n 1] BRB English: Barbados: Bridgetown: 281,200 431 km 2 (166 sq mi) Barbadian dollar: Belize [n 1] [n 2] BLZ English: Belize: Belmopan: 400,031 22,966 km 2 (8,867 sq mi ...
In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This is an expanse (mostly of ocean) which measures about 1,000 miles (1,600 ...
Caribbean Basin countries The subduction of the South American Plate and part of the North American Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate produces both the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the active volcanoes of the Lesser Antilles (bottom left of the image, south of the Virgin Islands)
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...
North America portal; The Bahamas. List of islands of the Bahamas by total area; Geography of the Bahamas; Districts of the Bahamas; List of cities in the Bahamas; List of Bahamas-related topics; Lucayan Archipelago; List of islands by area; List of islands by highest point; List of islands by population; List of islands in lakes
.bs Internet country code top-level domain for the Bahamas; Telephone communications in the Bahamas Area code 242; Postal service in the Bahamas Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas. List of people on stamps of the Bahamas; Television in the Bahamas. List of television stations in the Bahamas by call sign; Companies of the Bahamas ...