Lesser Antilles - Islands

Islands

The main Lesser Antilles are (from north to south to west):

Leeward Islands:

  • Virgin Islands
    • St. Thomas (USA)
    • St. John (USA)
    • St. Croix (USA)
    • Water Island (USA)
    • Tortola (UK)
    • Virgin Gorda (UK)
    • Anegada (UK)
    • Jost Van Dyke (UK)
  • Anguilla (UK)
  • Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (France/Neth.)
  • Saint-Barthélemy (Fr.)
  • Saba (Neth.)
  • Sint Eustatius (Neth.)
  • Saint Kitts (St. Kitts and Nevis)
  • Nevis (St. Kitts and Nevis)
  • Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda)
  • Antigua (Antigua and Barbuda)
  • Redonda (Antigua and Barbuda)
  • Montserrat (UK)
  • Guadeloupe (Fr.)
  • La Désirade (Fr.)
  • Marie-Galante (Fr.)
  • les Saintes archipelago (Fr.)
  • Dominica (Dominica)

Windward Islands:

  • Martinique (Fr.)
  • Saint Lucia (St. Lucia)
  • Saint Vincent (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
  • Grenadines (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
  • Barbados (Barbados is a Continental island found 100 miles (160 km) east of the Windward chain)
  • Grenada (Grenada)
  • Tobago
  • Trinidad (Sometimes considered part of the Windward Islands. They are the most southern islands of the Caribbean region.

Leeward Antilles – islands north of the Venezuelan coast (from west to east):

  • Aruba (Neth.)
  • Curaçao (Neth.)
  • Bonaire (Neth.)
  • Los Roques Archipelago (Ven)
  • La Orchila (Ven)
  • La Tortuga (Ven)
  • La Blanquilla (Ven)
  • Margarita Island (Ven)
  • Coche (Ven)
  • Cubagua (Ven)
  • Other islands (Ven)

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