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== Islands == The main Lesser Antilles are (from north to south to west): === Leeward Islands === {{Main|Leeward Islands}} [[File:Leeward Islands.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Leeward Islands]] *[[Anguilla]] (UK) *[[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]] (France) / [[Sint Maarten]] (Netherlands) *[[Saint Barthélemy]] (France) *[[Saba (island)|Saba]] (Netherlands) *[[Sint Eustatius]] (Netherlands) *[[Saint Kitts]] (St. Kitts and Nevis) *[[Nevis]] (St. Kitts and Nevis) *[[Barbuda]] (Antigua and Barbuda) *[[Antigua]] (Antigua and Barbuda) **[[Redonda]] (Antigua and Barbuda) uninhabited *[[Montserrat]] (UK) *[[Basse-Terre Island|Basse-Terre]] and [[Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe|Grande-Terre]] (often combined as [[Guadeloupe]]) (France) **[[La Désirade]] (Guadeloupe dependency) (France) **[[Marie-Galante]] (Guadeloupe dependency) (France) **[[Îles des Saintes]] archipelago (Guadeloupe dependency) (France) [[File:Beach at Hillsborough - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Carriacou, [[Grenada]]]] === Windward Islands === {{Main|Windward Islands}} *[[Dominica]] (Dominica) *[[Martinique]] (France) *[[Saint Lucia]] (St. Lucia) *[[Saint Vincent (island)|Saint Vincent]] (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) *[[Grenadines]] (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) *[[Carriacou and Petite Martinique]] (Grenada) *[[Grenada]] (Grenada) === Leeward Antilles === {{Main|Leeward Antilles}} [[File:SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG|thumb|upright=1.35|Map of the Leeward Antilles]] [[File:Curaçao (Unsplash 8po6zR17PqE).jpg|thumb|[[Curaçao]], part of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]]] Islands north of the Venezuelan coast (from west to east): *[[Aruba]] (Netherlands) *[[Curaçao]] (Netherlands) *[[Bonaire]] (Netherlands) *[[Federal Dependencies of Venezuela]] (Venezuela) **[[Los Monjes Archipelago]] **[[La Tortuga Island]] **[[La Sola Island]] **[[Los Testigos Islands]] **[[Islas Los Frailes|Los Frailes Islands]] **[[Patos Island (Venezuela)|Patos Island]] **[[Los Roques Archipelago]] **[[Blanquilla Island|La Blanquilla Island]] **[[Los Hermanos Archipelago]] **[[La Orchila]] Island **[[Las Aves Archipelago]] **[[Isla Aves|Aves Island]] *[[Nueva Esparta]] (Venezuela) **[[Margarita Island]] **[[Coche, Venezuela|Coche]] **[[Cubagua]] === Isolated islands in the Lesser Antilles === *[[Barbados]]<sup>†</sup>{{efn|Barbados is a [[continental island]] found {{convert|100|mi|km}} east of the Windward chain.}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Windward-Islands |title=Windward Islands {{!}} islands, West Indies |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en |access-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-date=May 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502142851/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/645259/Windward-Islands |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/pg_friendly_print.cfm?cid=326&id=1993& |title=The Scotland District of Barbados |last=Centre |first=UNESCO World Heritage |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en |access-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719201444/https://whc.unesco.org/pg_friendly_print.cfm?cid=326&id=1993& |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/caribbean-islands/56.htm |title=The Windward Islands and Barbados |website=countrystudies.us |access-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-date=October 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012032346/http://countrystudies.us/caribbean-islands/56.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Trinidad and Tobago]]<sup>†</sup>{{efn|Sometimes considered part of the Windward Islands. They are the most southern islands of the Caribbean region. See [[Islands of Trinidad and Tobago]].}}<ref name=MW /><ref>Cohen, Saul B., ed. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/91/W02191.html "West Indies"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060816091503/http://www.bartleby.com/69/91/W02191.html |date=August 16, 2006 }} [http://www.bartleby.com/69/ ''The Columbia Gazetteer of North America''.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820110540/http://www.bartleby.com/69/ |date=August 20, 2006 }} New York: Columbia University Press – Bartleby. Accessed: September 19, 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.pca-cpa.org/upload/files/Final%20Award.pdf Arbitral Tribunal Constituted Pursuant to Article 287, and in Accordance with Annex VII, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Matter of an Arbitration Between: Barbados – and – The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217201712/http://www.pca-cpa.org/upload/files/Final%20Award.pdf |date=December 17, 2008 }} – The Hague, April 11, 2006 (Pages 15–16) </ref> <sup>†</sup> [[Physical geography|Physiographically]], these are [[Island#Continental islands|continental islands]] not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc. However, based on proximity, these islands are sometimes grouped with the [[Windward Islands]] culturally and politically. {{notelist}}
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