It is an archipelago of islands starting from The Bahamas to Trinidad and Tobago. It includes: The Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Aruba, Anguilla, St.Maarten, St. Bartholomew, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Luc¡a, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique,, Trinidad & Tobago. Also referred to as the West Indies.