The Caribbean Sea covers about 2,754,000km² (1,063,000 square miles). The sea's deepest point is the Cuba and Jamaica, 7500m (25,000 feet) below sea level.
The entire area of the Caribbean Sea, especially the numerous islands in the sea, is known as just the Caribbean.
The CaribbeanSea (pronounced /kəˈɹɪbiən/ or /ˌkɛɹəˈbiən/) is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico.
The entire area of the CaribbeanSea, the numerous islands of the West Indies, and adjacent coasts, are collectively known as the Caribbean.
After the discovery of the West Indies by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Spanish term Antillas was commonly assigned to the lands; stemming from this, "Sea of the Antilles" is a common alternate name for the CaribbeanSea in various European languages.
SEA TURTLE [sea turtle] name for several species of large marine turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans.
All sea turtle species are declining in numbers, owing in large part to the destruction of the eggs, which are widely used as food in tropical regions.
Sea turtle conservation in Georgia and an overview of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia.
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