Islands of Trinidad and Tobago
- Islands of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean which consists of numerous landforms.
Major islands
* Trinidad
* Tobago
Bocas Islands
The Bocas Islands lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth). Locally they are referred to as "Down the Islands".
;Major Bocas Islands
* Chacachacare
* Monos
* Huevos
* Gaspar Grande (Gasparee);Minor Bocas Islands
* Gasparillo Island (Little Gasparee or Centipede Island)
* Parasol Rocks
* Cabresse Island
Five Islands
The Five Islands are a group of actually 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
an Diego Islands
Sometimes referred to simply as the Diego Islands, these two islets lie between the Bocas Islands and the Five Islands.
* Cronstadt (Kronstadt)
* Carrera (a prison island)
Others in the Gulf of Paria
* Faralon Rock, off San Fernando
* Soldado Rock
North Coast of Trinidad
* Saut d'Eau
Off Tobago
* Little Tobago (Bird of Paradise Island)
* St. Giles Island
* Goat Island
* Sisters' Rock
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