Caribbean Sea attracted pirates such as Samuel Bellamy and Blackbeard. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Caribbean Sea as follows: Note that, although Barbados is an island on the same continental shelf, it is considered to be in the Atlantic Ocean rather than the Caribbean Sea. The 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 youngest stretches from the Lesser Antilles to the Virgin Islands to the north east of Trinidad and Tobago off the coast of Venezuela. This
San Andrés (island) Colombia to its jurisdiction only insofar as they concerned sovereignty over the islands of Saint Andrew, Providence and Saint Catherine". Saint Andrew is the largest of the island group in the Department of the Archipelago of Saint Andrew, Providence and Saint Catherine. Saint Andrew is located in the Caribbean Sea, about northwest of the coast of Colombia. The island is (11 km is also mentioned here) in length and in width. It has an area of within the total area of the group of islands of ( is also mentioned in this reference for Saint Andrew), making it the largest