... Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico To the south are the countries of Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela Central America and the Yucatán Peninsula rest on the west of the Caribbean Sea, and to the east... in the Caribbean Sea, a stretch of water that is actually part of the Atlantic Ocean and occupies more than million square miles To the north of the Caribbean Sea are the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola,... and Spanish sailors had sighted the island Island Groups The Bahamas Group, also known as the Bahamian Archipelago, consists of the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, forming a chain that lies