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List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean which consists of numerous landforms.

Major islands

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".

Major Bocas Islands
Minor Bocas Islands
Map of the Five Islands in Trinidad and Tobago
The Five Islands (left), Carrera Island (Middle) and the Point Gourde Peninsular at sunset. The view is looking South West from Trinidad.

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.

San Diego Islands

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

Others in the Gulf of Paria

North Coast of Trinidad

Off Tobago