Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Trinidad
Birthplace of calypso, soca, and the steelpan; the industrial, oil-rich southern Caribbean island famed for its Carnival.
- Formation
- continental island once joined to South America; Northern Range extension of the Venezuelan Coastal Range; mud volcanoes, pitch lake
- Population
- 1.3M
- Water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Trinidad.
Piarco International Airport east of Port of Spain; fast ferry links Trinidad with Tobago.
- 01Piarco International Airport (POS)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
Trinidad-Tobago inter-island fast ferry (Port of Spain-Scarborough, T&T Inter-Island Transportation Co.).
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Visa-exempt for many nationalities (up to 90 days).
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Seven miles off Venezuela, Trinidad blends African, Indian, European, Chinese, and Middle Eastern cultures. Oil, gas, and petrochemicals power the economy while Carnival and a famous food scene (doubles, roti) define its culture.
Amerindian Iëre; Spanish from 1498; French planter influx; British capture 1797; indentured Indian labor after 1845; independence 1962; republic 1976.
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The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 10.46° N · 61.30° W
- Sovereignty
- Trinidad and Tobago · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Venezuela (~11 km across the Dragon's Mouths strait)
- Best recorded window
- January-May (dry season; Carnival in Feb/March).
- Permits / entry
- Visa-exempt for many nationalities (up to 90 days).
- Languages
- English, Trinidadian Creole
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