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 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):
- U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix
- British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke,
- Anguilla (UK.)
- Saint Martin, shared between France and the Netherlands Antilles.
- Saint-Barthélemy (Fr.)
- Saba,
- Sint Eustatius
- Saint Kitts
- Nevis
- Barbuda
- Antigua
- Redonda
- Montserrat (UK.)
- Guadeloupe (Fr.)
- La Désirade (Fr.)
- Les Saintes (Fr.)
- Marie-Galante (Fr.)
- Dominica
- Martinique (Fr.)
- Saint Lucia
- Barbados
- Saint Vincent
- Grenadines
- Grenada
- Trinidad and Tobago
Islands off the Venezuela coast:
The Lesser Antilles can be divided into the Windward in the south and the 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
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