Editing Netherlands Antilles (section)

== Geographical grouping ==
{{Main|Geography of the Netherlands Antilles}}
The islands of the Netherlands Antilles are all part of the [[Lesser Antilles]] island chain. Within this group, the country was spread over two smaller [[archipelago|island groups]]: a northern group (part of [[Leeward Islands]]) and a western group (part of the [[Leeward Antilles]]). No part of the country was in the southern [[Windward Islands]].

=== Islands located in the Leeward Islands ===
This island [[subregion]] was located in the eastern Caribbean Sea, to the east of [[Puerto Rico]]. It consisted of three islands, collectively known as the "[[SSS islands]]":

* {{flag|Saba}}
* {{flag|Sint Eustatius}}
* {{flag|Sint Maarten}} (the southern part of the island of [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]])

The islands are located approximately {{convert|800|-|900|km|nmi mi|sp=us|abbr=off}} northeast of the [[ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)|ABC islands]].{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

=== Islands located in the Leeward Antilles ===
This island subregion was located in the southern Caribbean Sea off the north coast of [[Venezuela]]. There were three islands collectively known as the "[[ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)|ABC islands]]":
* {{flag|Aruba}} (until 1 January 1986)
* {{flag|Bonaire}} including an islet called [[Klein Bonaire]] ("Little Bonaire")
* {{flag|Curaçao}}, including an islet called [[Klein Curaçao]] ("Little Curaçao")
[[File:Kralendijk en Klein Bonaire.jpg|thumb|The flat landscape of [[Klein Bonaire]]]]
[[File:Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië-Antilles part 2-Benj004ency01ill stitched.jpg|right|500px|thumb|Maps of the Netherlands Antilles, 1910s]]