Iziqithi zaseCaribbean ezibizwa ngokuba yi-Anti-Antilles ziqulethwe ngamaqela amancinci amathathu-iItward Wind, i-Leeward Islands kunye ne-Leeward Antilles-kwaye iquka zonke iziqithi ezincinci eCaribbean ngasezantsi kwePuerto Rico .
Iziqithi zase-Windward ziquka iMartinique , iSt Lucia , iSt. Vincent kunye neGrenadines , kunye neGrenada , ngelixa iIeweward Islands ziquka ii- Virgin Islands zase - US , i- British Virgin Islands , i- Anguilla , iStart Martin / Maarten , iSt. Barts , iSafa , iSt Eustatius , St. Kitts neNevis , i- Antigua neBarbuda , i- Montserrat , iGuadeloupe , neDominica , kunye ne-Leeward Antilles-eyaziwa ngokuba yi "ABC Islands" -nxweme loMzantsi Melika yiAruba , Bonaire , neCuracao .
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba zeziphi iziqithi zaseCaribbean ukhetha ukutyelela, unesiqiniseko sokuhlangana nesimo sezulu esihle kakhulu, amabhishi amahle, kunye nezinto ezininzi zokwenza unyaka wonke. Emva kwakho konke, xa ufunda ngakumbi ngee-Antilles ezincinci, ngakumbi uya kuzifumanisa oko kuzibeka ekufundeni ukuze ufumane okunye malunga nee-Antilles ezincinci kwaye zibahlula kuphi nakwezinye indawo ezisenyakatho.
Iziqithi ezincinci, iiNtsha ezinkulu
Esinye sezizathu ezininzi zezi ziqithi zaziwa ngokuba yi-Antilles kuba iimephu zexesha eliqhelekileyo zihlala zibonakalisa i-continent enkulu ngaphesheya kolwandle olusentshonalanga, umhlaba oyingqungquthela ogama lingu-Antilia , owabonisa ukuqonda kwawo ukuba umhlaba owake wahlala khona ngaphambi kokuba uColumbus " wafumanisa "oko wayecinga ukuba yiNdiya. Ngenxa yoko, abaphengululi namhlanje basabhekisela eLwandle lweCaribbean njengoLwandle lwase-Antilia, kwaye iziqithi ezakha inxalenye engaphantsi (okanye yangaphandle) yalo mmandla zaziwa ngokuba yi-Antilles Antiers.
Iziqithi ezininzi ezenza ii-Antilles ezincinci zizincinci kwaye zodwa, kwaye ngenxa yoko, iinkcubeko ezizimeleyo ziqulunqwe kwisiqithi ngasinye. Amazwe aseYurophu (nakwiMntla yaseMntla yaseMerika) akhuphisana nobunini okanye ubunkokeli kulezi ziqithi zaqala malunga nexesha uColumbus wasuka entshonalanga esuka eSpain waza waqhubeka namhlanje, echaphazela kakhulu ukuma kwezi nkcubeko zithatha.
Ngokomzekelo, ii-Virgin Islands zase-US zinika amava eenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo kuneziqithi zaseBritish Virgin okanye kwisiqithi saseFransi saseGuadeloupe, ngoko kuxhomekeke kwindawo oya kuyo kunye neliphi ilizwe okwangoku elihlala kulo kwisiqithi ovakatyelayo, uya ixesha elikhethekileyo.
Iindawo eziqhelekileyo kwii-Antilles ezincinane
Phakathi kweendawo ezidume kakhulu kwiiCaribbean yiiVirgin Islands, i-Guadeloupe, i-Antigua neBarbuda, kunye neAruba, nganye leyo inikeza iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokungcebeleka kunye neepakethi zeeholide, ezilungeleyo ikhefu lokukhusela ikhefu naliphi ixesha lonyaka. Nangona kunjalo, ufanele ulinde ixesha leqhwithi, elichaphazela iziqithi zaseNtshonalanga ze-Antilles ngokuphindaphindiweyo kunokuba ziziqithi zasezantsi zaseGrenada, eSt. Vincent naseBarbados.
E- Aruba , qiniseka ukuba uhlolisise ezinye zeemifuma ezinqanyuliweyo kunye namaphahla kunye nxweme layo elincinciweyo, kwaye ukuba uhlala kwiiVirgin Islands zaseUnited States , awuyi kufuna ukuphosakela nge-snorkeling kunye nobomi bendalo emanzini okanye uhambo lokuthenga nge-Saint Thomas.
Njengamaxesha onke, kungakhathaliseki ukuba yiyiphi isiqithi ozifumanayo ngoJanuwari noFebruwari, ungaphuthelwa ukubhiyozela kweCarnivale ekhethekileyo yesiqithi, eyinxalenye enkulu yokubhiyozela i-holide kunye nexesha eligcinwe liholide elifikile elizayo emva koko.