Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles (also known as the Caribbees[1]) are a group of islands between the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. They are east and south of the Greater Antilles. Some of the islands are also just off the northern coast of South America.
 Location within the Caribbean. | |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Island States | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,012 km2 (5,024 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 3,735,636 |
| • Density | 287.092/km2 (743.564/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (ADT) |
Lesser Antilles Media
Trunk Bay, United States Virgin Islands
A Spanish colonial castle on Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
View of southern tip of Dominica
Pigeon Point, Trinidad and Tobago
Beach at the Anse de Grande Saline on Saint Barthélemy, French Antilles
Los Roques archipelago, Federal Dependencies of Venezuela in the Leeward Antilles
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Beach at Hillsborough, Carriacou, Grenada
Map of the Leeward Antilles
Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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References
- ↑ "West Indies." Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, 3rd ed. 2001. (ISBN 0-87779-546-0) Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., p. 1298.
Coordinates: 14°14′N 61°21′W / 14.233°N 61.350°W
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