Read the following passage and answer if the question is true or false.
Passage: The West Indies is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

Question: is the west indies part of the caribbean?

Is the answer True or False? Respond with only "True" or "False" and no additional text.
True.