Country Off the Coast of Venezuela

Trinidad and Tobago lies directly off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.

• Distance: ~11 km (7 mi) at closest point (Paria Peninsula, Venezuela → Trinidad)
• Location: Southernmost islands of the Lesser Antilles
• Geology: Trinidad is continental (once connected to South America); Tobago is volcanic

Other nearby Caribbean nations: Grenada (south), Barbados (east), Curaçao/Aruba/Bonaire (west, off Venezuela's central coast).