Talk:Greater Antilles

Second section misleading
The sentence stating the islands of the Caribbean seems to say it includes the Bahamas, Turks, and Caicos. These islands are NOT in the Caribbean Sea as it is officially defined. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.230.117.198 (talk) 19:01, 6 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree that the Caribbean islands exclude the Bahamas, Turks, and Caicos; BUT the West Indies is defined as the three island archipelagos of the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago (The Bahamas, etc.). Therefore, the the Lucayan islands should be included if referring to the "West Indies", but excluded if referring to the "Caribbean islands" Lindsaeaceae (talk) 18:08, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

90% of land mass ??
There is a claim Greater Antilles constitute almost 90% of the land mass of the entire West Indies. Then I clicked "West Indies" and got to the Caribbean article, and counted the percantage. It is about 86.5 percent. How do you define "almost"? Sure, it's closer to 90 than 80, but not that close to 90. 85.217.15.135 (talk) 15:37, 17 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree. 86.5% is NOT almost 90%. In making rough estimates, those should be made in five percent increments, and hence the percentage is a lot closer to 85%. However, far too few people know very much about making estimates anymore. 98.67.106.59 (talk) 04:05, 6 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Additionally, this proportion must include the land mass of the Lucayan Archipelago (the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos) if referring to the total land mass of the entire West Indies (see Wiki page on the West Indies). Therefore, the percentage is probably lower than 85%. Lindsaeaceae (talk) 18:15, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Areas of the islands !
We do not want the areas of the countries. We want the areas of the ISLANDS. Note that one of the major islands is called Hispaniola, and in the geography of the islands, the fact that it is divided into two countries is IRRELEVANT. Also, the country of Cuba covers more than one large island because there is also the Isle of Pines. To make this a better article, give us the areas and populations of these islands: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. You should also list the area and the population of the Isle of Pines. Furthermore, give the areas in square miles as well as in square kilometers. 98.67.106.59 (talk) 03:35, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Areas
The area of Hispaniola is given as about 29,530 square miles in the Wikipedia article, but there is still the question of adjacent smaller islands and islets. The area of Jamaica is given as 4,244 square miles. The area of Puerto Rico is given as 3,515 square miles. The area of Cuba is given as about 43,370 square miles, but this includes the Isle of Pines, etc. 98.67.106.59 (talk) 04:00, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

How were the Greater Antilles formed?
Could someone add the geologic formation process/orogeny (volcanic, fold, etc.) of these mountains and/or of the Hispaniola island? It seems difficult to find how the island and/or mountains were created.

I've looked on the pages for Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic, Pico Duarte, and Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic and can't seem to find much information on the topic. This website seems to have some information: http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/262/1.abstract

Bush6984 (talk) 21:37, 15 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I am working on a "Geology of the West Indies" section for the West Indies wiki page and could duplicate information specific to the Greater Antilles here, or have a link that directs to the "Geology of the West Indies" section of the West Indies page. Lindsaeaceae (talk) 18:19, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Map Needs Correction
The text of the introduction section states that the Greater Antilles includes the Cayman Islands (which is also stated in the Cayman Islands article) but the map in the data block does not include the Caymans. Joe Avins (talk) 20:04, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

The boundary between the Greater and Lesser Antilles
Can anyone tell me why the very small Virgin Passage is used as the boundary between the Greater and Lesser Antilles instead of the more significant Anegada Passage? In my opinion, Anegada Passage would be a much better choice as all the islands east of this Passage are very small and spreading southerly towards South America. Also, by using Anegada Passage as the boundary, all three parts of the Virgin Islands would be included in the Greater Antilles. Right now, only the Spanish Virgin Islands is considered a part of the Greater Antilles, that's weird. 2001:8003:9008:1301:70BF:5EFB:E84A:9D69 (talk) 03:50, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Why exclusion of Bahamas & Cayman Islands?
Wondering. Also wondering about the islands San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina? I’m thank you 2603:9001:7C00:CA4:F95C:E6F8:279E:D88B (talk) 00:13, 30 August 2023 (UTC)