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The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles. Part of the West Indies, they lie south of the Leeward Islands, approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W. The name was also used to refer to a British colony which existed between 1833 and 1960 and originally consisted ...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (/ ˌ ɡ r ɛ n ə ˈ d iː n z / ⓘ GREH-nə-DEENZ) is an island country in the eastern Caribbean.It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea, where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Appearance. Coordinates: 13°10′N61°14′W13.167°N 61.233°W. Map of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island state in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island arc of the Caribbean Sea in North America. The country consists of the main island ...
Guadeloupe and the islands to the south were designated as the Windward Islands. Later on, all islands north of Martinique became known as the Leeward Islands. [3] Dominica was transferred to the British Windward Islands in 1940, and is now considered part of the Windward Islands. [4]
UTC−3 (ADT) Trunk Bay, United States Virgin Islands. The Lesser Antilles [1] are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are distinguished from the large islands of the Greater Antilles to the west. They form an arc which begins east of Puerto Rico and swings south through the Leeward and Windward Islands almost to South America and ...
Hurricane Beryl shattered records as it unleashed its fury across the Windward Islands, leaving behind a trail of destruction unprecedented for this point in the hurricane season. The monstrous ...
Hurricane Beryl is shown moving across the Windward Islands in this color-enhanced image from NOAA's GOES East satellite, taken just after 12 p.m. E.T on July 1. Colorado State updates its ...
Grenada ( / ɡrəˈneɪdə / ⓘ grə-NAY-də; Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad, [ɡweˈnad]) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100 miles (160 km) north of Trinidad and the South American mainland.