Caribbean features web page

Caribbean Maps page

I have not yet updated this page to reflect the addition of many maps to the on-line collection. Therefore, you should look at the features list instead. It has links for nearly every major tectonic, structure, and physiographic feature that you will learn about in the Caribbean region.

NOTE: Features list - This is a complete listing of the features to be tested on the map quiz. Each has an imbedded link that will take you to a map illustrating that feature.

Geographic regions:

A. Caribbean America (aka Middle America)
   1. Caribbean Sea
    2. Gulf of Mexico
    3. southern U.S.
    4. Mexico
    5. Central America
    6. northern South America
    7. Caribbean Islands
    8. Bahamas - although politically, this group of islands consists of the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos, we will treat them as one unit.
B. American Mediterranean
    1. Caribbean Sea
    2. Gulf of Mexico

Island groups:

              C. Major island groups
                  1. Greater Antilles
                  2. Lesser Antilles
                        a. Windward Antilles
                        b. Leeward Antilles
                  3. Bahamas - see comment above

D. West Indies

    1. Caribbean islands (islands in the Caribbean sea)
    2. Bahamas - see comment above
    3. Bermuda
E. Antilles
    1. Greater Antilles
    2. Lesser Antilles
        a. Windward islands vs. Leeward islands
F. Caribbees
    1. Limestone Caribbees
    2. Volcanic Caribbees

        Islands:
                1. A variety of smaller islands and island groups, as well as the islands of the Greater Antilles
                2. Florida Keys
                3. Map listing most of the significant islands of the Caribbean - a bit busy, but a good reference

Geologic provinces:
1. Outline map of major geologic provinces of the Caribbean region

        Bathymetric/submarine features:
                1. E-W cross-section of the Caribbean Sea (Yucatan to Barbados)
                2. Hand-colored, Caribbean Sea bathymetric map Bathymetric map from A.E.L. Morris and others, 1990; Fig. 1
                        (This image will be replaced by one of better quality as soon as it is scanned in.)
                3. Location of island passages
                4. Seafloor features around the Lesser Antilles - Grenada Trough, Tobabo Basin, Barbados Ridge, Barracuda Ridge, and Cariaco Basin
                5. A simpler version of the Lesser Antilles area, with fewer features
                6. Sigsbee Plain, Gulf of Mexico - an historical bathymetric map illustrating the outline of the Sigsbee Plain
                7. Miscellaneous features: Cay Sal Bank, Demerara Abyssal Plain, Pedro Bank, and Magdelena Fan

Geologic structures:

Caribbean-related Web sites (Please e-mail me with a description & the URL if you find any good Caribbean-related web sites or if you find that any of these sites are now "dead". Thanks.)