Discover

Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean which consists of 23 distinct islands. The following is a list of these islands.

Contents

Major islands

Bocas Islands

Five Islands

San Diego Islands

Others in the Gulf of Paria

North Coast of Trinidad

Off Tobago

Major islands

★ Trinidad

★ Tobago

Bocas Islands

The Bocas Islands lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth). Locally they are referred to as "Down the Islands".

★ Chacachacare

★ Monos

★ Huevos

★ Gaspar Grande (Gasparee)

★ Gasparillo (Little Gasparee or Centipede Island)

Five Islands

The Five Islands are a group of actually six small islands lying west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria. Also known as Las Cotorras.

★ Caledonia Island

★ Craig Island (Craig and Caledonia are joined by a narrow reef)

★ Lenagan Island

★ Nelson Island

★ Pelican Island

★ Rock Island

San Diego Islands

Sometimes referred to simply as the Diego Islands, these two islets lie between the Bocas Islands and the Five Islands.

★ Cronstadt (Kronstadt)

★ Carrera (a prison island)

Others in the Gulf of Paria

★ Faralon Rock, off San Fernando

★ Soldado Rock

North Coast of Trinidad

★ Saut d'Eau

Off Tobago

★ Little Tobago (Bird of Paradise Island)

★ St. Giles Island

★ Goat Island

★ Sisters' Rock
Links
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161004507