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Lesser Antilles
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The '''Lesser Antilles''' are part of the
Antilles, which together with the
Bahamas form the
West Indies. They are a long
Island arc chain of islands, wrapped around the eastern end of the
Caribbean Sea, on the western boundary with the
Atlantic Ocean.
The main Lesser Antilles are (from north to south to west):
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U.S. Virgin Islands:
Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands St. Thomas,
Saint John, United States Virgin Islands St. John,
Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands St. Croix
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British Virgin Islands:
Tortola,
Virgin Gorda,
Anegada,
Jost Van Dyke,
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Anguilla (UK.)
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Saint Martin, shared between
France and the
Netherlands Antilles.
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Saint-Barthélemy (Fr.)
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Saba,
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Sint Eustatius
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Saint Kitts
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Nevis
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Barbuda
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Antigua
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Redonda
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Montserrat (UK.)
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Guadeloupe (Fr.)
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La Désirade (Fr.)
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Les Saintes (Fr.)
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Marie-Galante (Fr.)
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Dominica
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Martinique (Fr.)
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Saint Lucia
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Barbados
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Saint Vincent (island) Saint Vincent
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Grenadines
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Grenada
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Trinidad and Tobago
Islands off the
Venezuela coast:
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Bonaire
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Curaçao
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Aruba (Neth.)
The Lesser Antilles can be divided into the
Windward Islands Windward in the south and the
Leeward Islands Leeward Islands in the north. However, the Netherlands Antilles are divided into the groups in the northeast and the southwest, with different naming conventions, see
Netherlands Antilles.
See also
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The Antilles
Category:Caribbean islands
Category:Archipelagoes
bg:Малки Ð?нтили
da:Små Antiller
de:Kleine Antillen
et:Väikesed Antillid
es:Antillas Menores
eo:Malgrandaj Antiloj
fr:Petites Antilles
is:Litlu-Antillaeyjar
nl:Kleine Antillen
pl:Małe Antyle
pt:Pequenas Antilhas
sl:Mali Antili
sv:Små Antillerna
tr:Küçük Antiller
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