Editing Lesser Antilles (section)

== Geological formation ==
The Lesser Antilles more or less coincide with the outer cliff of the [[Caribbean Plate]]. Many of the islands were formed as a result of the [[subduction]] of oceanic crust of the Atlantic Plate under the Caribbean Plate in the [[Lesser Antilles subduction zone]]. This process is ongoing and is responsible not only for many of the islands, but also for volcanic and earthquake activity in the region. The islands along the South American coast are largely the result of the interaction of the [[South American Plate]] and the Caribbean Plate which is mainly [[strike-slip]], but includes a component of compression.

Geologically, the Lesser Antilles island arc stretches from Grenada in the south to Anguilla in the north. The Virgin Islands and [[Sombrero Island]] are geologically part of the Greater Antilles, while Trinidad is part of South America and Tobago is the remainder of a separate island arc. The Leeward Antilles are also a separate island arc, which is accreting to South America.