Barbados is an island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean,
northeast of Venezuela.
Barbados is an island nation located towards the east of the Caribbean Sea and
in the west of the Atlantic Ocean, part of the eastern islands of the Lesser
Antilles, with the nations of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
being its closest neighbors. The island of Barbados is 430 km
(166 square miles) and is primarily low-lying, with some higher areas in the
island's interior. Barbados is located 13º north of the Equator and 59º
west of the Prime Meridian, about
434.5 km (270 miles) northeast of Venezuela.