List of The Leeward Islands
From the northwest to the southeast, the islands are:
- Puerto Rican Virgin Islands: Vieques, Culebra
- U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Water Island (U.S.)
- British Virgin Islands: Jost Van Dyke, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada (U.K.)
- Anguilla (U.K.)
- Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (Fr./Neth.)
- Saint-Barthélemy (Fr.)
- Saba (Neth.)
- Sint Eustatius (Neth.)
- Saint Kitts
- Nevis
- Barbuda
- Antigua
- Redonda (uninhabited)
- Montserrat (U.K.)
- Guadeloupe (Fr.)
- la Désirade (Fr.)
- Îles des Saintes (Fr.)
- Marie-Galante (Fr.)
- Dominica (sometimes included)
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