The Bahamas are in the Atlantic Ocean and are part of the West Indies, not part of the Caribbean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean[8] Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966[9]
Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II[17]
Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America[8]
Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean[8]
Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.