___ Political Map of the Caribbean Islands (West Indies)

Lucayan Archipelago - also known as the Bahama Archipelago, it consists of the island of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Largest islands of the Bahamas are North Andros, Great Inagua, South Andros, Great Abaco, Grand Bahama, Long Island, Eleuthera, Acklins, Cat Island, Exuma, and Mayaguana. Capital and largest city is Nassau on the island of New Providence.

Greater Antilles - the Greater Antilles are the large Caribbean islands of Cuba, Jamaica, the island of Hispaniola, divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico (USA).

Lesser Antilles - the Lesser Antilles is an arched chain of the smaller Caribbean islands, include the Virgin Islands (with British Virgin Islands (UK), and U.S. Virgin Islands (USA)), the Leeward, and the Windward islands (see below), as well as within the Venezuelan archipelago to the north of Venezuela, sometimes referred to as the

Leeward Islands - are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles. The group includes Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Montserrat.
Windward islands - a group of islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, they constitute the southern part of the Lesser Antilles from north to south lies Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. The name refers to their position further upwind than the Leeward Islands, in terms of the prevailing southeastern winds.

Leeward Antilles, are various islands in the Venezuelan Caribbean along the northern coast of Venezuela, including Aruba, and the islands of Bonaire and Curaçao formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, those three islands are also known as the ABC islands they are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.