Table 4.1. The political subdivisions of the Antilles, size of the islands, and representative climatic data. sl= sea level. Compiled from various sources.
Area (km2) Climatic data
Site/elev. (m) MAT(oC) MAP
(mm/yr)
Greater Antilles (total area 207,435 km2)
Cuba 110,860
Nueva Gerona 65 25.3 1793
Pinar del Rio 26 1610
Havana 26 25.1 1211
Cienguegos 32 24.6 98.3
Camajuani 110 22.8 1402
Camagữey 114 25.2 1424
Santiago de Cuba 38 26.1 1089
Hispaniola 76,480
Haiti 27,750
Bayeux 12 24.7 2075 Les Cayes 7 25.7 2042
Ganthier 76 26.2 792
Port-au-Prince 41 26.6 1313
Dominican Republic 48,730
Pico Duarte 2960 - (est. 12) 1663
Puerto Plata 13 25.5 1663
Sanchez 16 25.2 1963
Ciudad Trujillo 19 25.5 1417
Jamaica 10,991
S. Negril Point 10 25.7 1397
Kingston 8 26.1 830
Morant Point sl 26.5 1590
Hill Gardens 1640 16.7 2367
Puerto Rico 9104
Comeiro Falls 160 24.7 2011
Humacao 32 22.3 2125
Mayagữez 6 25 2054 Ponce 26 25.8 909
San Juan 32 25.6 1595
Cayman Islands 264
Lesser Antilles (total area 13,012 km 2)
Antigua and Barbuda 81
Antigua and Barbada 441
Aruba 193
Barbados 440
Bridgetown sl 27 1278
Bonaire 288
British Virgin Islands 133
Curaçao 444
Dominica 790 26.1 1979
Grenada 345 24.0 4165
Guadeloupe 1702 21.3 2630
Martinique 1095 23.2 5273
Montesarrat 84 Saba 13
Saint Barthelemy 21
Saint Kitts and Nevis 306
Saint Lucia 613
Saint Marin 3453
Saint Vicent and the Grenadines 389
Sint Eustaius 21
Sint Maarten 34
Trinidad and Tobago 5131 + 300
Trinidad
Port-of-Spain 28 26.6 1384
Piarco 11 26 185
Tobago
Crown Point 3 26.6 1463
U.S. Virgin Islands 346
Saint Croix
Saint Thomas Saint John
Nueva Esparta 1150
Federal Dependence of Venezuela 342
Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles: Virgin Islands (U.S.-- St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix,
Water Island; U.K.-- Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Aregada, Jost Van Dyke), Anguilla, Sint Maarten,
Saint Martin, Saint-Barthelemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and
Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, La Desirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes Archipelago.
Windward Island of the Lesser Antilles: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago.
Venezuelan Antilles, former ABC Islands of the Netherland Antilles: Aruba, Curaçao,
Bonaire, Las Aves, Los Roques Archipelago, La Orchila, La Tortuga, La Banquilla, Margarita
Island, Coche, Cubagua (and others).
Lucayan Archipelago (extending northwest from the Greater Antilles): Bahamas, Turks and
Caicos Islands. All these lands are collectively referred to as the West Indies.