14 Facts About Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

The Caribbean Sea coastline has many gulfs and bays: the Gulf of Gonave, Gulf of Venezuela, Gulf of Darien, Golfo de los Mosquitos, Gulf of Paria and Gulf of Honduras.

Caribbean Sea has the world's second largest barrier reef, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.

Name Caribbean Sea derives from the Caribs, one of the region's dominant Native American groups at the time of European contact during the late 15th century.

Caribbean Sea had been unknown to the populations of Eurasia until 1492, when Christopher Columbus sailed into Caribbean waters on a quest to find a sea route to Asia.

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Caribbean Sea is an oceanic sea largely situated on the Caribbean Plate.

The Caribbean Sea is separated from the ocean by several island arcs of various ages.

The Caribbean Sea remained like this for most of the Cenozoic until the Holocene when rising water levels of the oceans restored communication with the Atlantic Ocean.

Caribbean Sea's floor is composed of sub-oceanic sediments of deep red clay in the deep basins and troughs.

Atlantic deep water is thought to spill into the Caribbean and contribute to the general deep water of its sea.

Since 2005 unusually warm Caribbean Sea waters have been increasingly threatening Caribbean Sea coral reefs.

Climate of the Caribbean Sea is driven by the low latitude and tropical ocean currents that run through it.

Caribbean Sea region has seen a significant increase in human activity since the colonization period.

Tourism based upon scuba diving and snorkeling on coral reefs of many Caribbean Sea islands makes a major contribution to their economies.