The Philippines extend further south than the West Indies. The Filipino province of Tawi-Tawi is located further south than the West Indian Trinidad-Tobago.
The Philippine Islands extends farther south.
The Philippine Islands extends farther south.
The southernmost point of the Philippines is Frances Reef, at 4 degrees, 24 minutes north latitude. The southernmost point of Grenada in the West Indies is at 11 degrees 58 minutes north latitude. So, the Philippines are further south.
The south of the Phillppine islands. Becuse the West indies are in the Gulf of Mexico. way higher that the islands. So the Phillppine islands are farther
philippines
The Falkland Islands at much further south than the West Indies.
The island in the Caribbean region are often referd to as the West Indies because 'West Indies' is the collective name of these islands.
The West Indies are a group of islands nestled between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean The islands of the West Indies are the Bahamas, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
approximately 7000 islands
7000 islands
Columbus explored the ares for several months, convinced he had found the East Indies, the islands off the coast of Asia.When finding it was not the east indies he named it the west indies.
These islands are all a part of the Carribean, named after the sea in which they are located.Some of these include: The Florida Keys, Haiti/Dominican Republic, Cuba, etc.