Caribbean Sea
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The Caribbean Sea （Spanish: Mar Caribe; French: Mer des Caraïbes; Haitian Creole: Lanmè Karayib; Jamaican Patois: Kiaribiyan Sii; Dutch: Caraïbische Zee; Papiamento: Laman Karibe） is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.
It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south west, to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and to the south by the north coast of South America.
The Gulf of Mexico is also nearby.
The entire area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the West Indies, and adjacent coasts, are collectively known as the Caribbean.
The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of about 2,754,000 km2 （1,063,000 sq mi）.
The sea's deepest point is the Cayman Trough, between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, at 7,686 m （25,217 ft） below sea level.
The Caribbean coastline has many gulfs and bays: the Gulf of Gonâve, Gulf of Venezuela, Gulf of Darién, Golfo de los Mosquitos, Gulf of Paria and Gulf of Honduras.
Coral reef, near Soufrière Quarter, Saint Lucia The Caribbean Sea has the world's second largest barrier reef, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.
It runs 1,000 km （620 mi） along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Christopher Columbus landing on Hispaniola in 1492.
The name "Caribbean" derives from the Caribs, one of the region's dominant Native American groups at the time of European contact during the late 15th century.
After Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, the Spanish term Antillas applied to the lands; stemming from this, "Sea of the Antilles" became a common alternative name for "Caribbean Sea" in various European languages.
During the first century of development, Spanish dominance in the region remained undisputed.
From the 16th century, Europeans vis...