Editing Lesser Antilles (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Dominica 053.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb| View of southern tip of [[Dominica]]]]

The islands of the Lesser Antilles are divided into three groups: the [[Windward Islands]] in the south, the [[Leeward Islands]] in the north, and the [[Leeward Antilles]] in the west.

The Windward Islands are so called because they were more [[Windward and leeward|windward]] to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds blow east to west. The trans-Atlantic currents and winds that provided the fastest route across the ocean brought these ships to the rough dividing line between the Windward and Leeward Islands.

The Leeward Antilles consist of the Dutch [[ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)|ABC islands]] just off the coast of [[Venezuela]], plus a group of Venezuelan islands.