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Which Caribbean island group is Aruba located near?
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Aruba is located in the Caribbean Sea just southwest of the Lesser Antilles island chain.1
While it is often included in definitions of the Lesser Antilles, Aruba is part of an east-west island chain situated close to the northern coast of Venezuela. This specific group of islands is sometimes referred to as the Leeward Antilles.2