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Trinidad and Tobago is a major nesting site for Leatherback Turtles. Information about vertebrates is good, with 472 bird species (2 endemics), about 100 mammals, about 90 reptiles (a few endemics), about 30 amphibians (including several endemics), 50 freshwater fish and at least 950 marine fish. [88]
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago. / 11.000°N 61.000°W / 11.000; -61.000. Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela. They are southeasterly islands of the Lesser Antilles, Monos, Huevos, Gaspar Grande (or Gasparee), Little ...
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmost island in the West Indies. With an area of 4,768 km 2 (1,841 sq mi), it is also the fifth ...
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a country located at the southern tip of the Caribbean. It borders the countries of Grenada and Venezuela. It was the first Caribbean country to host the Summit of the Americas . It shares maritime boundaries with other nations including Barbados to the northeast, Guyana to the southeast, and Venezuela to ...
Port of Spain. / 10.667°N 61.517°W / 10.667; -61.517. Port of Spain, officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain ), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a municipal population of 37,074 (2011), [2] an urban population of 81,142 ...
Tobago. Tobago is a ward of Trinidad and Tobago and is governed locally by the Tobago House of Assembly . Historically, Tobago was divided into seven parishes (Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Patrick and Saint Paul ). In 1768 each parish of Tobago had nominated representatives to the Tobago House of Assembly.
Northern Range. Coordinates: 10°44′N 61°15′W. A shaded relief map of Trinidad showing the Northern Range. The hills of the Northern Range rising behind the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. The Northern Range is the range of tall hills across north Trinidad, the major island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957. Human settlement in Trinidad dates back at least 7,000 years. The earliest settlers, termed Archaic or Ortoiroid, are believed to have settled Trinidad and Tobago from actual Venezuela at northeastern South America around 4000 BC. Twenty-nine Archaic sites have been identified, mostly in south ...