Aruba is surrounded by water.
Aruba ( [ əˈruːbə ] ; [ aːˈrubaː ] ) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea , located about 1600 km west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 km north of the coast of Venezuela . The Caribbean ( [ ˌkærᵻˈbiːən ] or [ kəˈrɪbiən ] ) is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea , its islands ( some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean ) and the surrounding coasts .