List of Caribbean Islands by area
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This is a list of islands in the Caribbean by area. All information sourced from Wikipedia.
Top ten largest islands.
Top ten largest islands.
| Rank | Island | Area (km) | Area (sq mi) | County/Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city... |
105,806 km² | 40,852 sq mi | |
| 2 | Hispanola | 76,479 km² | 29,529 sq mi | and |
| 3 | Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... |
11,188 km² | 4320 sq mi | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
8,896 km² | 3435 sq mi |  Puerto Rico Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
| 5 | Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in... |
4,827 km² | 1864 sq mi | |
| 6 | North Andros Island Andros, Bahamas Andros Island is an archipelago within the archipelago-nation of the Bahamas, the largest of the 26 inhabited Bahamian Islands. Geo-politically considered a single island, Andros has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined... |
3,439 km² | 1328 sq mi | |
| 7 | Isla de la Juventud | 2,237 km² | 864 sq mi | |
| 8 | Great Inagua Island | 1,543 km² | 596 sq mi | |
| 9 | South Andros Island South Andros South Andros is a district of the nation of The Bahamas. Geographically, South Andros is the southernmost third of the land mass colloquially called Andros, which includes the districts of North Andros, Central Andros and South Andros... |
1,447 km² | 559 sq mi | |
| 10 | Great Abaco Island | 1,144 km² | 442 sq mi | |
| 11 | Grand Bahama Island Grand Bahama Grand Bahama is one of the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, and the closest major island to the United States, lying off the state of Florida. Grand Bahama is the fifth largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays... |
1,373 km² | 530 sq mi | |
| 12 | Martinique Martinique Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados... |
1,128 km² | 436 sq mi | |
| 13 | Isla Margarita Isla Margarita Margarita Island is the largest island of the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country. The state also contains two other smaller islands: Coche and Cubagua. The capital city of Nueva Esparta is La Asunción, located in a river... |
1,020 km² | 394 sq mi | |
| 14 | Basse-Terre Basse-Terre Island Basse-Terre Island is the name of the western-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe proper, Grande-Terre, by a narrow sea channel called the Rivière Salée .... |
848 km² | 327 sq mi | |
| 15 | Cayo Romano Cayo Romano Cayo Romano is an island on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camagüey. It is the largest cay of the Jardines del Rey archipelago with 777 km².It is an administrative part of the Esmeralda municipality.... |
777 km² | - | |
| 16 | Dominica Dominica Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth... |
750 km² | 290 sq mi | |
| 17 | Gonâve | 743 km² | 287 sq mi | |
| 18 | Cozumel Cozumel Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan Channel. Cozumel is one of the ten municipalities of the state of Quintana Roo... |
647 km² | 250 sq mi | |
| 19 | Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an... |
616 km² | 238 sq mi | |
| 20 | Grande-Terre Grande-Terre Grande-Terre is an island in the Guadeloupe, separated by Basse-Terre Island by a salt river. Grande-Terre's northernmost point, Pointe de la Grande Vigie, is also the northernmost point in Guadeloupe.... |
587 km² | 226 sq mi | |
| 21 | Little Abaco Island | 559 km² | 216 sq mi | |
| 22 | Acklins Island | 497 km² | 192 sq mi | |
| 23 | Long Island Long Island, Bahamas Long Island is an island in the Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. Its capital is Clarence Town. Long Island is one of the Districts of the Bahamas and is known as the most scenic island in the Bahamas. The population is roughly 4,000 inhabitants.-Geography:Long Island is about 130... |
448 km² | 173 sq mi | |
| 24 | Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands... |
444 km² | 171 sq mi | |
| 25 | Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
431 km² | 167 sq mi | |
| 26 | Cayo Coco Cayo Coco Cayo Coco is an island in central Cuba, well known for its luxurious all inclusive resorts. It lies within the Ciego de Ávila Province and is part of a chain of islands called Jardines del Rey . The cay is administered by the Morón municipality. It is named for the white ibis, locally called Coco... |
370 km² | - | |
| 27 | Saint Vincent Saint Vincent (island) Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between Saint Lucia and Grenada. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains... |
345 km² | 133 sq mi | |
| 28 | Grenada Grenada Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea... |
342 km² | 132 sq mi | |
| 29 | Cayo Sabinal Cayo Sabinal Cayo Sabinal is a cay on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camagüey. Has an area of 335 km².It is the southrnmost island of the Jardines del Rey archipelago, and is located north of the Bay of Nuevitas , east of Cayo Guajaba and the Bay of la Gloria and borders the Atlantic Ocean to... |
335 km² | - | |
| 30 | Tobago Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt... |
300 km² | 116 sq mi | |
| 31 | Bonaire | 294 km² | 113 sq mi | |
| 32 | Mayaguana Mayaguana Mayaguana is the most easterly island and district of the Bahamas. It is one of only a few Bahamian islands which retain their Lucayan names. The population of Mayaguana in the 2000 census was 259, amounting to an estimate 312 in 2010... |
280 km² | 110 sq mi | |
| 33 | Antigua Antigua Antigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la... |
279 km² | 108 sq mi | |
| 34 | Saint Croix | 214 km² | 82 sq mi | |
| 35 | Grand Cayman Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the nation's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles southwest of Cayman Brac.-Geography:Grand Cayman encompasses 76% of... |
196 km² | 76 sq mi | |
| 36 | Aruba Aruba Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula... |
180 km² | 74 sq mi | |
| 37 | Tortuga | 178 km² | 69 sq mi | |
| 38 | Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island (Saint-Christophe in French) is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean... |
168 km² | 65 sq mi | |
| 39 | Barbuda Barbuda Barbuda is an island in the Eastern Caribbean, and forms part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. It has a population of about 1,500, most of whom live in the town of Codrington.-Location:... |
161 km² | 61 sq mi | |
| 40 | Marie Galante | 158 km² | 61 sq mi | |
| 41 | La Tortuga Island La Tortuga Island La Tortuga Island is an uninhabited island dependent on the government of Venezuela. It is part of a chain of islands that include the Tortuguillas, the Palaquines, and others. Has an area of 156 km²-History:... |
156.6 km² | - | |
| 42 | Middle Caicos Middle Caicos Middle Caicos, also Grand Caicos, is the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, it is separated from North Caicos by Juniper Hole, and to the east, from East Caicos by Lorimer Creek, both narrow passages that can accommodate only small boats.Middle Caicos has an area of 144.2... (Turks and Caicos) |
144 km² | 55 sq mi | |
| 43 | Vieques | 135 km² | 52 sq mi | Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
| 44 | North Caicos North Caicos North Caicos is the second-largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, the Caicos Cays link to Providenciales. To the east, it is separated from Middle Caicos by Juniper Hole, a narrow passage that can accommodate only small boats.North Caicos has an area of 116.4 km² within the... |
116 km² | 44 sq mi | |
| 45 | Saona Island Saona Island Saona Island is a tropical island located a short distance from the mainland on the south-east tip of the Dominican Republic, near La Altagracia Province. It is a government protected nature reserve and is part of East National Park... |
110 km² | 42 sq mi | |
| 46 | Cayo Guajaba Cayo Guajaba Cayo Guajaba is a cay on the northern coast of Cuba, in the province of Camagüey.It is part of Jardines del Rey archipelago, and is located west of Cayo Sabinal, east of Cayo Romano, north of The Bay of la Gloria and borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north.The island is administered as part of... |
107 km² | - | |
| 47 | Cayo Fragoso Cayo Fragoso Cayo Fragoso is an island in the Caribbean country of Cuba, has a total area of 101 square kilometers belongs to the Sabana-Camaguey archipelago, and administratively belongs to the province of Villa Clara.- References :... |
101 km² | - | |
| 48 | Montserrat Montserrat Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline... |
102 km² | 39 sq mi | |
| 49 | Providenciales Providenciales Providenciales is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The island has an area of and an approximate population of 15,542, making it the largest island in population and the third largest in area. It is served by the Providenciales International Airport... |
98 km² | 38 sq mi | |
| 50 | Nevis Nevis Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies... |
93 km² | 36 sq mi | |
| 51 | Anguilla Anguilla Anguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin... |
91 km² | 35 sq mi | |
| 52 | East Caicos East Caicos East Caicos is the fourth largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, it is separated from Middle Caicos by Lorimer Creek, a narrow passage that can accommodate only small boats. To the south is South Caicos.... |
90.6 km² | 34 sq mi | |
| 53 | Saint Martin Saint Martin Saint Martin is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km2 island is divided roughly 60/40 between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ; however, the Dutch side has the larger population. It is one of the smallest sea islands divided between... |
87 km² | 33.6 sq mi | and |
| 54 | Saint Thomas Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of... |
80.91 km² | 31.23 sq mi | |
| 55 | Ambergris Caye Ambergris Caye Ambergris Caye, pronounced "am-BER-gris", is the largest island of Belize located northeast of the country in the Caribbean Sea. Though administered as part of the Belize District, the closest point on the mainland is part of the Corozal District.... |
65 km² | 25 sq mi | |
| 56 | Blanquilla Island Blanquilla Island Blanquilla is an island, one of the federal dependencies of Venezuela, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea about 182 miles northeast of Caracas. It is a popular location for divers, as well as famous for its white sand beaches, for which it is named. The island's wildlife include local cacti... |
64 km² | - | |
| 57 | Colón Island | 61 km² | - | |
| 58 | Isla Mona | 57 km² | 22 sq mi | Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
| 59 | Coche Island | 55 km² | - | |
| 60 | Tortola Tortola Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named it Tortola, meaning "land of the Turtle Dove". Columbus named the island Santa Ana... |
55.7 km² | 21.5 sq mi | |
| 61 | Guanaja Guanaja Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras, and is in the Caribbean. It is about 70 km off the north coast of Honduras, and 12 km from the island of Roatan. One of the cays off Guanaja, also called Guanaja or Bonnaca or Low Cay , is near the main island, and contains most of the... |
55 km² | - | |
| 62 | Popa Island Popa Island Popa Island is the second largest island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama, with 53 km2.... |
53 km² | - | |
| 63 | Bastimentos Island | 52 km² | - | |
| 64 | Île à Vache Île à Vache Île à Vache is a small island lying off the south-west peninsula of Haiti near the town of Les Cayes. Administratively it is part of the Sud Department. It is about long, wide, with an area of... |
52 km² | 20 sq mi | |
| 65 | Saint John Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint John is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. St... |
51 km² | 19.6 sq mi | |
| 66 | Útila Útila Utila is the third largest of Honduras' Bay Islands, after Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest in the world... |
49 km² | - | |
| 67 | Roatan Roatán Roatán, located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands. The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan... |
44 km² | 17 sq mi | |
| 68 | Cayo Saetia Cayo Saetia Cayo Saetia is a cay in Holguín Province, Cuba.It is located southeast of Holguín between the Bay of Nipe & the Atlantic Ocean. The landmass is connected to the mainland by an animal control bridge. Once a private government game reserve, it now houses a resort managed by the Grupo de Turismo... |
42 km² | - | |
| 69 | La Orchila La Orchila La Orchila is a military base off the coast of Venezuela, north of Caracas. It has numerous beaches, including one where the sand is markedly pink .... |
40 km² | - | |
| 70 | Anegada Anegada Anegada is the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It lies approximately north of Virgin Gorda. Anegada is the only inhabited British Virgin Island formed from coral and limestone, rather than being of volcanic... |
38 km² | 15 sq mi | |
| 71 | Cayo Largo del Sur Cayo Largo del Sur Cayo Largo del Sur, also known simply as Cayo Largo, cayo largo means largo island, is a small resort island belonging to Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea no more than long and wide... |
37.5 km² | - | |
| 72 | Cristóbal Island Cristóbal Island Cristóbal Island is a mostly deforested 37 km2 island located south of Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. Laguna Bocatorito, also known as Dolphin Bay, lies on the east side of the island.... |
37 km² | - | |
| 73 | Cayman Brac Cayman Brac Cayman Brac is an island that is part of the Cayman Islands. It lies in the Caribbean Sea about 90 miles northeast of Grand Cayman and 5 miles east of Little Cayman. It is about 12 miles long, with an average width of 1 mile... |
36 km² | 14 sq mi | |
| 74 | Culebra Culebra, Puerto Rico Isla Culebra is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico originally called Isla Pasaje and Isla de San Ildefonso. It is located approximately east of the Puerto Rican mainland, west of St. Thomas and north of Vieques. Culebra is spread over 5 wards and Culebra Pueblo... |
30.1 km² | - | |
| 75 | San Andrés San Andrés (island) San Andrés is a coral island among the Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea; it is the largest island of the southern group of islands. Together with the nearby island of Providencia and some smaller islands of the southern group of the Colombian archipelago, San Andrés forms the department of... |
26 km² | - | |
| 76 | Little Cayman Little Cayman Little Cayman is an island that is part of the Cayman Islands. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 75 miles northeast of Grand Cayman and five miles west of Cayman Brac. Little Cayman has a permanent population of less than 170 and is about 10 miles long with an average width of 1 mile... |
26 km² | 10 sq mi | |
| 77 | Cubagua Cubagua Cubagua or Isla de Cubagua is the smallest and least populated of the three islands constituting the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, after Isla Margarita and Coche. It is located 16 km north of Araya Peninsula, the closest mainland area.... |
24 km² | - | |
| 78 | Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy , officially the Territorial collectivity of Saint Barthélemy , is an overseas collectivity of France. Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao... |
21 km² | 8 sq mi | |
| 79 | Sint Eustatius | 21 km² | 8.1 sq mi | |
| 80 | La Désirade La Désirade La Désirade is a French West Indies island located at the eastern of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles.It has a land area of 20.64 km² and a population of 1,595 in 2006 , with a population density of 77 inh. per km² in 2006... |
20.64 km² | - | |
| 81 | Providencia Providencia Island Isla de Providencia or Old Providence is a mountainous Caribbean island. Though it is closer to Nicaragua, it is part of the Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina, a department of Colombia, lying midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica... |
17 km² | - | |
| 82 | Cayo Agua Island Cayo Agua Island Cayo Agua is the eastern and southermost island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. It is 16 km2.... |
16 km² | - | |
| 83 | Key West Key West Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida on the North American continent at the southernmost tip of the Florida Keys. Key West is home to the southernmost point in the Continental United States; the island is about from Cuba.... |
13.65 km² | 5.27 sq mi | |
| 84 | Cayo Guillermo Cayo Guillermo Cayo Guillermo is a kay of the Jardines del Rey archipelago. It is located on the northern coast of Cuba, between the Bay of Dogs and the Atlantic Ocean..It is part of the Ciego de Ávila Province, and lies in the Morón municipality... |
13 km² | - | |
| 85 | Saba | 13 km² | 5 sq mi | |
| 86 | Big Corn Island Corn Islands The Corn Islands are two islands about east off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, constituting one of 12 municipalities of the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur department... |
10 km² | - | |
| 87 | Catalina Island Catalina Island, Dominican Republic Catalina Island or Isla Catalina is a tropical island located 1.5 miles from the mainland on the south-east corner of the Dominican Republic, near La Altagracia and La Romana. It is an occasional destination for cruise ships on Caribbean routes. In particular, Costa Cruises has a private beach on... |
9.6 km² | - | |
| 88 | Terre-de-Bas | 9 km² | - | |
| 89 | Solarte Island Solarte Island Solarte Island , also known as Nancy's Cay, is an 8 km2 island located only 1 mile east of Bocas del Toro, in the Bocas del Toro Province, Panama... |
8 km² | - | |
| 90 | Isleta de San Juan Isleta de San Juan The Isleta de San Juan is a island off the coast of Puerto Rico, connected to the mainland by bridges and a causeway. It is the site of Old San Juan, the historic quadrant of the territory's capital, San Juan. It is the site the neighborhood of Puerta de Tierra, location of many of Puerto Rico's... |
7.8 km² | 3 sq mi | |
| 91 | Mustique Mustique Mustique is a small private island in the West Indies. The island is one of a group of islands called the Grenadines, most of which form part of the country of St Vincent and the Grenadines.... |
5.7 km² | 2.2 sq mi | |
| 92 | Navassa Island Navassa Island Navassa Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea, claimed as an unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States, which administers it through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Haiti, which claims to have had sovereignty over Navassa since 1801, also claims the island... |
5.2 km² | 2 sq mi | |
| 93 | Terre-de-Haut Terre-de-Haut Island Terre-de-Haut Island is an island in the Îles des Saintes archipelago. It belongs to the commune of Terre-de-Haut. The Fort Napoléon des Saintes is located on this island. The bay of Terre-de-Haut is one of the most beautiful bay of the world including the club of the most beautiful bay of the... |
5.2 km² | - | |
| 94 | Isla Mujeres Isla Mujeres Isla Mujeres is one of the ten municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The municipality, located in the northeastern corner of the state is mostly on the mainland and has a municipal seat of the same name; Isla Mujeres... |
5.2 | 2 sq mi |