Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing
the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI;
JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other
Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS
ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands
north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's
New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
the indentions can be grouped as the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles & the Bahamas:
see MeSH definition
Point d'accès autorisé parallèle
West Indies
Identifiants externes
Identifiant MeSH : mesD014900
Utilisation dans FMeSH
Qualificatifs autorisés : EH / EP
Informations sur la notice
Identifiant de la notice : 040799972
RCR créateur de la notice : 0001
Date de création : 23-09-1998
RCR dernier modificateur de la notice : 4994
Date de dernière modification : 26-11-2024 à 13 h 45