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Lesser Antilles, French West Indies, Francei
Regional Level Types
Lesser Antilles- not defined -
French West IndiesGroup of Overseas Territories
FranceCountry

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Latitude & Longitude:
16° North , 62° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~293km
Mindat Locality ID:
49589
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:49589:4
GUID (UUID V4):
1f788505-9226-44a0-aaf0-133fb147b106


The islands of the Lesser Antilles are divided into three groups: the Windward Islands in the south, the Leeward Islands in the north, and the Leeward Antilles in the west.

Leeward Islands
Virgin Islands
St. Thomas (US)
St. John (US)
St. Croix (US)
Water Island (US)
Tortola (UK)
Virgin Gorda (UK)
Anegada (UK)
Jost Van Dyke (UK)
Anguilla (UK)
Saint Martin (Fr.) / Sint Maarten (Neth.)
Saint Barthélemy (Fr.)
Saba (Neth.)
Sint Eustatius (Neth.)
Saint Kitts (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Nevis (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda)
Antigua (Antigua and Barbuda)
Redonda (Antigua and Barbuda) uninhabited
Montserrat (UK)
Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre (often combined as Guadeloupe) (Fr.)
La Désirade (Fr.)
Marie-Galante (Fr.)
les Saintes archipelago (Fr.)
Windward Islands
Dominica (Dominica)
Martinique (Fr.)
Saint Lucia (St. Lucia)
Barbados (Barbados is a Continental island found 100 miles (160 km) east of the Windward chain)
Saint Vincent (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
Grenadines (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
Carriacou and Petite Martinique (Grenada)
Grenada (Grenada)
Tobago
Trinidad (Sometimes considered part of the Windward Islands. They are the most southern islands of the Caribbean region. See Islands of Trinidad and Tobago.
Leeward Antilles
Islands north of the Venezuelan coast (from west to east):

Aruba (Neth.)
Curaçao (Neth.)
Bonaire (Neth.)
Federal Dependencies of Venezuela (Ven)
Los Roques Archipelago
La Orchila
La Tortuga
La Blanquilla
Margarita Island
Coche
Cubagua
Nueva Esparta (Ven)

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