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Trinidad

thumb|Moruga – [[Christopher Columbus monument. Columbus landed here on his third voyage in 1498. This is on the southern coast of the island of Trinidad]]

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Trinidad is an island in the Caribbean where Christopher Columbus landed during his third voyage in 1498, arriving at a location on the southern coast near present-day Moruga. The island is significant as an early point of European contact in the Americas and has played an important role in Caribbean history since then.

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Islands.map: Lesser Antilles
Islands.name: Trinidad
Islands.image_name: Td-map.png
Islands.image_caption: Map of Trinidad and Tobago
Islands.map_caption: Location of Trinidad in the Lesser Antilles
Islands.label_position: right
Islands.nickname: Land of the Hummingbird
Islands.location: Eastern Caribbean
Islands.area_km2: 4,768
Islands.highest_mount: El Cerro del Aripo
Islands.elevation_m: 940
Islands.country: Trinidad and Tobago

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thumb|Moruga – [[Christopher Columbus monument. Columbus landed here on his third voyage in 1498. This is on the southern coast of the island of Trinidad]]

Trinidad is the largest and most populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean. With an area of , it is also the fifth-largest in the Caribbean.