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Leeward Islands. / 16°N 61°W / 16; -61. The Leeward Islands ( / ˈliːwərd /) are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. Starting with the Virgin Islands east of Puerto Rico, they extend southeast to Guadeloupe and its dependencies.
Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico. Geographic coordinates: 18°15′ N, 63°10′ W. Map references: Central America and the Caribbean. Area: total: 91 km 2 (35 sq mi) land: 91 km 2 (35 sq mi) water: 0 km 2 (0 sq mi) Area – comparative: about half the size of Washington, D.C.
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 ...
The British Leeward Islands was a British colony from 1671 to 1958, consisting of the English (later British) overseas possessions in the Leeward Islands. It ceased to exist from 1816 to 1833, during which time it was split into two separate colonies ( Antigua – Barbuda – Montserrat and Saint Christopher – Nevis – Anguilla – Virgin ...
The location of Anguilla An enlargeable map of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Anguilla: Anguilla – one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin ...
among the Leeward Islands. Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (or Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla) was a British colony in the West Indies from 1882 to 1983, consisting of the islands of Anguilla (until 1980), Nevis, and Saint Christopher (or Saint Kitts). From 1882 to 1951, and again from 1980, the colony was known simply as Saint ...
Map of the Leeward Antilles La Tortuga Island, Federal Dependencies of Venezuela Klein Bonaire, Netherlands. The Leeward Antilles (Dutch: Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles (and, in turn, the Antilles and the West Indies) along the southeastern fringe of the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan ...
It lies at the conjuncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles. The country consists of two major islands, Antigua and Barbuda, which are approximately 40 km (25 mi) apart, and several smaller islands, including Great Bird, Green, Guiana, Long, Maiden, Prickly Pear, York, and Redonda.