Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelago consisting of several islands in the South Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea1 and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Venezuela.2 They are islands of the Lesser Antilles, located near the continental zone of America from the south.

Covering an area of ​​5,128 km², the country consists of two main islands; Trinidad and Tobago, and several smaller islands. Trinidad is 11 km off the northwest coast of Venezuela, and 130 km south of the Grenadines. The island measures 4,768 km² in area (being 93% of the total area of ​​the country). The island appears square in shape, with three peninsulas. Tobago is 30 km northwest of Trinidad, and measures about 298 km² in area

Geologically, the islands are not part of the Antillean archipelago. Trinidad, on the other hand, was once part of South America and is located on its continental shelf, while Tobago is a part of a sunken mountain chain connected to the mainland. The islands are now separated from the mainland by the Gulf of Paria.