Differences in the Caribbean Islands Jacob W RED Updated on April 4, 2011.

Differences in the Caribbean Islands

Jacob WRED

Updated on April 4, 2011

Drawn Map of the Caribbean Region

Map of Turks & Caicos

Map Of Martinique

Map of Haiti

Map of Antigua & Barbuda

Turks & Caicos

• Located in the Lucayan Archipelago• Made of low islands• Highest point is Flamingo Hill at 157 feet• Has no minerals or petroleum• 3% is arable land• Capital is Grand Turk• 589 square miles of land

Martinique

• In the Lesser Antilles• Is a high island• Highest Point is Montagne Pelee at 4,583 feet• No minerals or petroleum• 10% is arable land• Capital is Fort-de-France• 683 square miles of land

Haiti

• In the Greater Antilles• A continental island• Highest point is Chaine de la Selle at 8,793 feet• Has gold, bauxite and marble• No petroleum• 28% is arable land• Capital is Port-au-Prince• 17,243 square miles of land

Timeline of Antigua & Barbuda

• The Siboney were the first inhabitants in 2400 B.C.• The Arawak Indians were inhabitants when Columbus

landed there on his second voyage in 1493• Settlements by Spanish and French were succeeded by

the English• English colony formed in 1667• Slavery established to run the sugar plantations was

abolished in 1834• Became an independent state within the British

Commonwealth of Nations in 1981

Sources

• Geography, The World and Its People. Boehm, Richard and others. Glencoe McGraw-Hill. 2002.

• The World Factbook- Antigua and Barbuda. Author unknown. Updated on March 16, 2011. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ac.html Accessed March 29, 2011

Sources Continued

• Martinique. Author unknown. Updated on August 1, 2003. http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2003/geos/mb.html. Accessed on March 29, 2011.

• The World Factbook- Haiti. Author unknown. Updated on March 16, 2011. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html. Accessed March 29, 2011.