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Where is the Caribbean Sea located within the Atlantic Ocean?
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The Caribbean Sea is a suboceanic basin located in the western Atlantic Ocean, positioned between latitudes 9° and 22° N and longitudes 89° and 60° W.1
It is bounded by the following regions:
* South: The coasts of Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama.1
* West: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.1
* North: The Greater Antilles islands, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.1
* East: The Lesser Antilles island arc, extending from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad.1
While sometimes referred to as the American Mediterranean because it lies between two continental landmasses, it is oceanographically distinct from the Mediterranean Sea.1