Greater Antilles

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archipelago island group

The Greater Antilles is a major island group in the Caribbean comprising the large islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, and forms the northern boundary of the Caribbean Sea.

Aliases (5)

Greater Antilles region ×4
Greater Antilles islands ×1
Greater Antilles mountain systems ×1
Greater Antilles region (broad Caribbean context) ×1
Western Cuba ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago → island group →
border	Atlantic Ocean → Caribbean Sea →
comparedWith	Lesser Antilles →
continent	North America →
forms	northern boundary of the Caribbean Sea →
geologicalType	continental islands →
hasClimate	tropical climate →
hasFeature	coral reefs → mountainous terrain → tropical forests →
hasHighestPoint	Pico Duarte →
hasIsland	Cayman Brac → Dominican Republic → Grand Cayman → Haiti → Jamaica → Little Cayman → Puerto Rico →
hasLargestIsland	Cuba →
hasMajorLanguage	English → French → Haitian Creole → Spanish →
hasMajorReligion	Christianity →
hasOcean	Atlantic Ocean →
hasPart	Cayman Islands → Cuba → Hispaniola → Jamaica → Puerto Rico →
hasPoliticalEntity	Cayman Islands → Cuba → Dominican Republic → Haiti → Jamaica → Puerto Rico →
hasSea	Caribbean Sea →
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean → Caribbean Sea → Northern Hemisphere → Western Hemisphere → tropics →
partOf	Caribbean → West Indies →
separates	Atlantic Ocean → Caribbean Sea →
subregionOf	West Indies →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Camagüey → Jamaica → Sierra Maestra ("Greater Antilles mountain systems") → Tap Hus ("Greater Antilles region (broad Caribbean context)") → Zapata Peninsula →	partOf
Cuba → Haiti → Industriales ("Western Cuba") → Septentrional-Oriente fault zone →	region
Antilles → Caribbean islands → West Indies →	hasPart
Cayman Brac ("Greater Antilles region") → Hispaniola → Puerto Rico →	locatedIn
Desecheo Island ("Greater Antilles region") → Isla de la Juventud ("Greater Antilles region") →	belongsTo
Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago → Western Caribbean →	borderedBy
Antilles → Caribbean →	hasSubregion
Monito Island →	belongsToArchipelago
Caribbean Sea →	boundedBy
Caribbean Plate ("Greater Antilles islands") →	containsContinentalCrust
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas →	exploredRegion
Antilles Current →	flowsPast
Caribbean Sea →	hasIslandGroup
Rowlandsfield →	hasRegionalContext
Caribbean Plate →	influencesRegion
Taíno →	inhabitedRegion
Mona Passage ("Greater Antilles region") →	isPartOf
Cayo Botella →	locatedInArchipelago
Seaforth →	locatedInGeographicalRegion
Spanish Town →	locatedInRegion
Leith Hall →	locatedInSubregion