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href="#Non-sovereign_states_and_territories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Non-sovereign states and territories</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-sovereign_states_and_territories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Islands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Islands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Islands</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Islands-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Islands subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Islands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Leeward_Islands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leeward_Islands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Leeward Islands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leeward_Islands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Windward_Islands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Windward_Islands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Windward Islands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Windward_Islands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Leeward_Antilles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leeward_Antilles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Leeward Antilles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leeward_Antilles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Isolated islands in the Lesser Antilles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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Available in 89 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-89" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">89 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilles_Cut" title="Antilles Cut – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Antilles Cut" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein-Antille" title="Klein-Antille – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Klein-Antille" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleine_Antillen" title="Kleine Antillen – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Kleine Antillen" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%89" title="جزر الأنتيل الصغرى – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزر الأنتيل الصغرى" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilles_Menores" title="Antilles Menores – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Antilles Menores" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki%C3%A7ik_Antil_adalar%C4%B1" title="Kiçik Antil adaları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kiçik Antil adaları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%B3_Antilles_K%C3%BBn-t%C3%B3" title="Sió Antilles Kûn-tó – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sió Antilles Kûn-tó" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillen_Cilik" title="Antillen Cilik – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Antillen Cilik" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Малыя Антыльскія астравы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Малыя Антыльскія астравы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Малки Антили – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Малки Антили" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Antili" title="Mali Antili – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Mali Antili" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilhez_Bihana%C3%B1" title="Antilhez Bihanañ – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Antilhez Bihanañ" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petites_Antilles" title="Petites Antilles – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Petites Antilles" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lesser Antilles" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9_Antily" title="Malé Antily – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Malé Antily" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilles_Leiaf" title="Antilles Leiaf – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Antilles Leiaf" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sm%C3%A5_Antiller" title="Små Antiller – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Små Antiller" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleine_Antillen" title="Kleine Antillen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kleine Antillen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%82e_Antile" title="Małe Antile – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Małe Antile" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ikesed_Antillid" title="Väikesed Antillid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Väikesed Antillid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Μικρές Αντίλλες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μικρές Αντίλλες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillas_Menores" title="Antillas Menores – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Antillas Menores" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malgrandaj_Antiloj" title="Malgrandaj Antiloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Malgrandaj Antiloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilla_Txikiak" title="Antilla Txikiak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Antilla Txikiak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86%DA%A9" title="آنتیل کوچک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آنتیل کوچک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sm%C3%A6rru_Antilloyggjar" title="Smærru Antilloyggjar – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Smærru Antilloyggjar" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petites_Antilles" title="Petites Antilles – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Petites Antilles" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytse_Antillen" title="Lytse Antillen – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Lytse Antillen" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Mion-Aintill%C3%AD" title="Na Mion-Aintillí – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Na Mion-Aintillí" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_Aintilia_Beaga" title="Na h-Eileanan Aintilia Beaga – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Na h-Eileanan Aintilia Beaga" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillas_Menores" title="Antillas Menores – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Antillas Menores" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9u_Antilles_Khi%C3%B9n-t%C3%B3" title="Séu Antilles Khiùn-tó – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Séu Antilles Khiùn-tó" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EC%95%A4%ED%8B%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="소앤틸리스 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="소앤틸리스 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%93%D5%B8%D6%84%D6%80_%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Փոքր Անտիլյան կղզիներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Փոքր Անտիլյան կղզիներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%82e_Antile" title="Małe Antile – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Małe Antile" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Antili" title="Mali Antili – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mali Antili" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillen_Kecil" title="Antillen Kecil – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Antillen Kecil" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litlu-Antillaeyjar" title="Litlu-Antillaeyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Litlu-Antillaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccole_Antille" title="Piccole Antille – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Piccole Antille" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D" title="האנטילים הקטנים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האנטילים הקטנים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="მცირე ანტილის კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მცირე ანტილის კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antili_Ndogo" title="Antili Ndogo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Antili Ndogo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti_Zantiy" title="Ti Zantiy – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Ti Zantiy" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%AEl%C3%AAn_Bi%C3%A7%C3%BBk" title="Antîlên Biçûk – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Antîlên Biçûk" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%BB%D3%93" title="Изи Антил ошмаотывлӓ – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Изи Антил ошмаотывлӓ" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijules_dl_Caribe" title="Ijules dl Caribe – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Ijules dl Caribe" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillae_Minores" title="Antillae Minores – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Antillae Minores" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maz%C4%81s_Anti%C4%BCu_salas" title="Mazās Antiļu salas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mazās Antiļu salas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleng_Antillen" title="Kleng Antillen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Kleng Antillen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%BEieji_Antilai" title="Mažieji Antilai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mažieji Antilai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antil_Piscininn" title="Antil Piscininn – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Antil Piscininn" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kis-Antill%C3%A1k" title="Kis-Antillák – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kis-Antillák" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Мали Антили – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мали Антили" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_Kely" title="Antilia Kely – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Antilia Kely" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8#लेसर_अँटिल्स" title="अँटिल्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="अँटिल्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="მორჩილი ანტილიშ კოკეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მორჩილი ანტილიშ კოკეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%89" title="جزر الانتيل الصغرى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جزر الانتيل الصغرى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillen_Kecil" title="Antillen Kecil – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Antillen Kecil" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A2ung_Antilles_G%C3%B9ng-d%C5%8D%CC%A4" title="Nâung Antilles Gùng-dō̤ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Nâung Antilles Gùng-dō̤" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleine_Antillen" title="Kleine Antillen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kleine Antillen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="小アンティル諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="小アンティル諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letj_Antilen" title="Letj Antilen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Letj Antilen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1" title="انٹیلیز اصغر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="انٹیلیز اصغر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiotes_Antilles" title="Tiotes Antilles – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Tiotes Antilles" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%82e_Antyle" title="Małe Antyle – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Małe Antyle" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequenas_Antilhas" title="Pequenas Antilhas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pequenas Antilhas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilele_Mici" title="Antilele Mici – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Antilele Mici" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Малые Антильские острова – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Малые Антильские острова" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Lesser Antilles" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litje_Antillen" title="Litje Antillen – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Litje Antillen" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lesser Antilles" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9_Antily" title="Malé Antily – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Malé Antily" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Antili" title="Mali Antili – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Mali Antili" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Мали Антили – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мали Антили" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Antili" title="Mali Antili – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mali Antili" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pienet-Antillit" title="Pienet-Antillit – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pienet-Antillit" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sm%C3%A5_Antillerna" title="Små Antillerna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Små Antillerna" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" title="சிறிய அண்டிலிசு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சிறிய அண்டிலிசு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%AA" title="เลสเซอร์แอนทิลลีส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เลสเซอร์แอนทิลลีส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk_Antiller" title="Küçük Antiller – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Küçük Antiller" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%88%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%83%D3%B5%D1%8A%D1%91%D1%81" title="Пичи Антильской шормуӵъёс – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Пичи Антильской шормуӵъёс" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Малі Антильські острови – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Малі Антильські острови" 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style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Lesser Antilles</div></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Kleine Antillen</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>)</span><br /><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Petites Antilles</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>)</span><br /><span title="Papiamento-language text"><i lang="pap">Antiyas Minores</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Papiamento_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Papiamento language">Papiamento</a>)</span><br /><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Antillas Menores</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>)</span><br /></div></li></ul> </div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Caribbean_-_Lesser_Antilles.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the Caribbean"><img alt="Location within the Caribbean" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Map_of_the_Caribbean_-_Lesser_Antilles.png/250px-Map_of_the_Caribbean_-_Lesser_Antilles.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Map_of_the_Caribbean_-_Lesser_Antilles.png/375px-Map_of_the_Caribbean_-_Lesser_Antilles.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Map_of_the_Caribbean_-_Lesser_Antilles.png/500px-Map_of_the_Caribbean_-_Lesser_Antilles.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="565" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the Caribbean</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PAT_-_Lesser_Antilles.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the Lesser Antilles"><img alt="Map of the Lesser Antilles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/PAT_-_Lesser_Antilles.gif/250px-PAT_-_Lesser_Antilles.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/PAT_-_Lesser_Antilles.gif/375px-PAT_-_Lesser_Antilles.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/PAT_-_Lesser_Antilles.gif/500px-PAT_-_Lesser_Antilles.gif 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Map of the Lesser Antilles</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lesser_Antilles&params=14_N_61_W_type:islei"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">14°N</span> <span class="longitude">61°W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">14°N 61°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">14; -61</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">Island States</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>24</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/23px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/35px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/46px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></i> (<i>UK</i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Aruba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Aruba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">NL</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/23px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/35px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/45px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Bonaire.svg/45px-Flag_of_Bonaire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">NL</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></i> (<i>UK</i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cura%C3%A7ao.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">NL</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Federal_dependencies_of_Venezuela%27s_Flag.svg/23px-Federal_dependencies_of_Venezuela%27s_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Federal_dependencies_of_Venezuela%27s_Flag.svg/35px-Federal_dependencies_of_Venezuela%27s_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Federal_dependencies_of_Venezuela%27s_Flag.svg/45px-Federal_dependencies_of_Venezuela%27s_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies of Venezuela</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">VE</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg/23px-Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg/35px-Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg/45px-Unofficial_flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">FR</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/23px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/35px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/45px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">FR</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></i> (<i>UK</i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Nueva_Esparta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">VE</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_Saba.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">NL</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">FR</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">FR</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Eustatius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">NL</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sint_Maarten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">NL</a></i>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Culebra,_Puerto_Rico" title="Culebra, Puerto Rico"><img alt="Culebra, Puerto Rico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_Culebra_%28Puerto_Rico%29.svg/21px-Flag_of_Culebra_%28Puerto_Rico%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_Culebra_%28Puerto_Rico%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Culebra_%28Puerto_Rico%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Flag_of_Culebra_%28Puerto_Rico%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Culebra_%28Puerto_Rico%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="355" /></a></span></span>/<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vieques,_Puerto_Rico" title="Vieques, Puerto Rico"><img alt="Vieques, Puerto Rico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Vieques_Flag.svg/23px-Vieques_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Vieques_Flag.svg/35px-Vieques_Flag.svg.png 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/></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a></i> (<i>US</i>) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,364 km<sup>2</sup> (5,546 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2009)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,949,250</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">274.9/km<sup>2</sup> (712/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lesser Antillean</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Standard Time Zone">AST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%923" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−3">UTC−3</a> (ADT)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <b>Lesser Antilles</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a group of islands in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>, forming part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> in <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean region</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> to the west. They form an arc which begins east of <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Geography of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">archipelago of the Virgin Islands</a>, swings southeast through the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> towards <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, and turns westward through the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Venezuela" title="Geography of Venezuela">Venezuelan coast</a>. </p><p>Most of them are part of a long, partially <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_arc" title="Volcanic arc">volcanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Island_arc" title="Island arc">island arc</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> to the north-west and the continent of South America.<sup id="cite_ref-MW_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands of the Lesser Antilles form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea where it meets the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. Together, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles make up the <a href="/wiki/Antilles" title="Antilles">Antilles</a>. The Lesser and Greater Antilles, together with the <a href="/wiki/Lucayan_Archipelago" title="Lucayan Archipelago">Lucayan Archipelago</a>, are collectively known as the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean islands</a> or <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a>. </p><p>The islands were dominantly <a href="/wiki/Kalinago" title="Kalinago">Kalinago</a> compared to the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> which was settled by the <a href="/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno" title="Taíno">Taíno</a>, the boundary set between them is known as the "<a href="/wiki/Poison_arrow" class="mw-redirect" title="Poison arrow">poison arrow</a> curtain" for the Kalinago's favoured weapon for fending off Europeans that came to conquer the islands in the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rigobert-Bonne-Atlas-de-toutes-les-parties-connues-du-globe-terrestre_MG_0018.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Rigobert-Bonne-Atlas-de-toutes-les-parties-connues-du-globe-terrestre_MG_0018.tif/lossy-page1-200px-Rigobert-Bonne-Atlas-de-toutes-les-parties-connues-du-globe-terrestre_MG_0018.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Rigobert-Bonne-Atlas-de-toutes-les-parties-connues-du-globe-terrestre_MG_0018.tif/lossy-page1-300px-Rigobert-Bonne-Atlas-de-toutes-les-parties-connues-du-globe-terrestre_MG_0018.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Rigobert-Bonne-Atlas-de-toutes-les-parties-connues-du-globe-terrestre_MG_0018.tif/lossy-page1-400px-Rigobert-Bonne-Atlas-de-toutes-les-parties-connues-du-globe-terrestre_MG_0018.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3536" data-file-height="5263" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Lesser Antilles, 1780</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_before_European_arrival">History before European arrival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History before European arrival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_First_Islanders">The First Islanders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The First Islanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest <a href="/wiki/Archaic_period_(North_America)" title="Archaic period (North America)">Archaic Age</a> habitation is evidenced at sites like St. John and Banwari Trace in <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a>, dating between 7700 and 6100 B.P. Artifacts from this period include stone and <a href="/wiki/Bone_tool" title="Bone tool">bone tools</a> used for hunting and fishing. A total of 29 Archaic Age sites have been identified in Trinidad and Tobago, associated with the <a href="/wiki/Ortoiroid_people" title="Ortoiroid people">Ortoiroid</a> series, divided into the Banwarian (5000-2500 BC) and Ortoiran (1500-300 BC) subseries. During the Late Archaic Age, wild plant foods became more significant, with evidence of early plant management, including crops such as <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweet_potato" title="Sweet potato">sweet potatoes</a>, achira, and <a href="/wiki/Chili_pepper" title="Chili pepper">chili peppers</a> had been imported and cultivated from the continent.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The archaeological record for the rest of the southern Lesser Antilles is sparse, with sites in <a href="/wiki/Tobago" title="Tobago">Tobago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> yielding potential Archaic Age artifacts. Factors like local tectonic activity and hurricanes or other storms have likely distorted the archaeological evidence in these regions. Entire islands may now be submerged. Severe erosion, landslides, and volcanic eruptions are fairly common and may contribute to the preservation of archaeological sites.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three migration scenarios have been proposed. First, Archaic Age communities from <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> reached Trinidad, Tobago, and Barbados. Second, the southern Lesser Antilles (Windward Islands) were bypassed by early settlers, with migration directly to the northern islands. Third, <a href="/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations" title="Diffusion of innovations">technological diffusion</a> occurred without significant population movement from northeastern South America.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Absolute_dating" title="Absolute dating">Chronometric data</a> divide the Archaic Age in the northern Lesser Antilles into three phases: Early Archaic Age (3300–2600 BC), Middle Archaic Age (2600–800 BC), and Late Archaic Age (800 BC–AD 100). Coastal areas were favored for settlement, particularly for their proximity to marine resources and flint quarries. Material culture showing reliance on <a href="/wiki/Seafood" title="Seafood">seafood</a> (fish and mollusks) and terrestrial animals. <a href="/wiki/Antigua" title="Antigua">Antigua</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">St. Martin</a> seem to be the most heavily populated during the Archaic Age.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notably, all known Archaic Age sites are in the northern islands, with no evidence in the Windward Islands south of <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>. Trinidad, Tobago, and <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> are exceptions, likely colonized separately from South America. Sites in the Lesser Antilles were established on small islands and in coastal seetings<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Template:Typo_help_inline" title="Template:Typo help inline"><span title="similar to 'settings' (October 2024)">check spelling</span></a></i>]</sup>; most habitations were temporary and small, suggesting annual mobility for resource procurement. Despite similarities, each site displayed differences in the consumption of marine species and variety of shell and coral tools. Each site showed diverse adaptations to locally available resources and/or activity patterns.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neolithic_Period">Neolithic Period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Neolithic Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archaeological findings, including <a href="/wiki/Waco_people" title="Waco people">Huecoid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saladoid" title="Saladoid">Saladoid</a> <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a>, provide radiocarbon dates for Early Ceramic Age sites, pointing to an initial sphere of interaction between coastal South America and the northern Lesser Antilles that started around 400–200 BC. The discovery of Saladoid pottery in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and the northern Lesser Antilles is understood as a result of exploratory activities, cultural exchanges, and gradual migrations from the mainland during the Archaic Age. This process involved the interaction of local communities with established insular societies, creating a web of dynamic social relationships. However, debates and controversies has occurred over conflicting stratigraphic data, radiocarbon dates, and stylistic difference of the potteries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeeganHofman209_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeeganHofman209-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_after_European_arrival">History after European arrival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History after European arrival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive on the islands with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a>. In 1493, on his second voyage, Columbus reached the coast of the Caribbean Sea, where he sailed to discover several islands of the Lesser Antilles archipelago. He called the first island he discovered on this trip the Deseada. The Spanish claimed the island of Dominica and took solemn possession on the land of the island they called Marigalante. They then anchored next to the island they called Guadeloupe. Later they visited Montserrat, Antigua and San Cristobal. They then crossed the archipelago of the Eleven Thousand Virgins. </p><p>Over the next centuries, the Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish and English fought over several of the islands. </p><p>Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc was a French merchant and adventurer in the Caribbean, who established the first permanent French colony, Saint-Pierre, on the island of Martinique in 1635. Belain sailed to the Caribbean in 1625, hoping to establish a French settlement on the island of St Christopher (<a href="/wiki/St_Kitts" class="mw-redirect" title="St Kitts">St Kitts</a>). In 1626 the French under Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc began to take an interest in Guadeloupe, driving out the Spanish colonists. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> was mapped by Columbus in 1493, but Spain had little interest in the territory. Christopher Columbus landed on 15 June 1502 after 21 days of crossing with trade winds, his fastest oceanic journey. On 15 September 1635, Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, the French governor of the island of San Cristóbal, landed in the port of San Pedro with 80–150 French settlers after being expelled from San Cristóbal by the English. D'Esnambuc claimed Martinique for the French King Louis XIII and the "Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MargaritaCastle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/MargaritaCastle.jpg/260px-MargaritaCastle.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/MargaritaCastle.jpg/390px-MargaritaCastle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/MargaritaCastle.jpg/520px-MargaritaCastle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="1424" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Spanish colonization of the Americas">Spanish colonial castle</a> on <a href="/wiki/Margarita_Island,_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="Margarita Island, Venezuela">Margarita Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a>, Venezuela</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Margarita_Island" title="Margarita Island">Margarita Island</a> in present-day Venezuela was discovered on 15 August 1498 during Columbus' third voyage. On that trip the Admiral would also discover the mainland, Venezuela. On that August day, Columbus spotted three islands, two of them small, low and arid (the present day Coche and Cubagua), </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Trinidad" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of Trinidad">province of Trinidad</a> was created in the 16th century by the Spanish, and its capital was San José de Oruña. But during the Napoleonic Wars, in February 1797, a British force began occupying the territory. And in 1802 Spain recognized the British sovereignty. </p><p>In 1917 the United States bought the <a href="/wiki/Danish_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Virgin Islands">Danish Virgin Islands</a>. Most of the British colonies became independent states, the islands of the Lesser Antilles belonging to Venezuela were divided into 2 different entities the State of <a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Dependencies">Federal Dependencies</a> (1938). In 1986 <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> seceded from the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a>, officially becoming a country of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>. In 2010 the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved to form smaller entities. </p><p>On July 18, 1995, the previously dormant <a href="/wiki/Soufri%C3%A8re_Hills" title="Soufrière Hills">Soufrière Hills</a> volcano on the southern part of the <a href="/wiki/Island_of_Montserrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Island of Montserrat">island of Montserrat</a> became active. The eruptions destroyed the Georgian-era capital of Montserrat, Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, mainly to the UK, leaving less than 1200 people on the island in 1997 (rising to almost 5000 by 2016). </p><p>The two official French overseas departments are Guadeloupe and Martinique. St. Martin and St. Barthélemy, formerly part of the department of Guadeloupe, have had a separate status as overseas entities since 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dominica_053.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Dominica_053.jpg/250px-Dominica_053.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Dominica_053.jpg/375px-Dominica_053.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Dominica_053.jpg/500px-Dominica_053.jpg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="486" /></a><figcaption> View of southern tip of <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The islands of the Lesser Antilles are divided into three groups: the <a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> in the south, the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> in the north, and the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a> in the west. </p><p>The Windward Islands are so called because they were more <a href="/wiki/Windward_and_leeward" title="Windward and leeward">windward</a> 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. </p><p>The Leeward Antilles consist of the Dutch <a href="/wiki/ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)" title="ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)">ABC islands</a> just off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, plus a group of Venezuelan islands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geological_formation">Geological formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geological formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lesser Antilles more or less coincide with the outer cliff of the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a>. Many of the islands were formed as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Subduction" title="Subduction">subduction</a> of oceanic crust of the Atlantic Plate under the Caribbean Plate in the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles_subduction_zone" title="Lesser Antilles subduction zone">Lesser Antilles subduction zone</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/South_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="South American Plate">South American Plate</a> and the Caribbean Plate which is mainly <a href="/wiki/Strike-slip" class="mw-redirect" title="Strike-slip">strike-slip</a>, but includes a component of compression. </p><p>Geologically, the Lesser Antilles island arc stretches from Grenada in the south to Anguilla in the north. The Virgin Islands and <a href="/wiki/Sombrero_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Sombrero Island">Sombrero Island</a> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_divisions">Political divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pigeon_Point_beach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Pigeon_Point_beach.jpg/220px-Pigeon_Point_beach.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Pigeon_Point_beach.jpg/330px-Pigeon_Point_beach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Pigeon_Point_beach.jpg/440px-Pigeon_Point_beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Pigeon Point, <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Lesser Antilles are divided into eight independent nations and numerous dependent and non-sovereign states (which are politically associated with the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States). Over one third of the total area and population of the Lesser Antilles lies within <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, a sovereign nation comprising the two southernmost islands of the Windward Island chain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sovereign_states">Sovereign states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sovereign states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ececec;"> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Subdivisions </th> <th colspan="2">Area </th> <th rowspan="2">Population<br />(July 1, 2005, est.) </th> <th colspan="2">Population density </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Capital </th></tr> <tr> <th>km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>sq mi </th> <th>per km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>per sq mi </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parishes_and_dependencies_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Parishes and dependencies of Antigua and Barbuda">Parishes</a> on Antigua </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008440000000000000">440 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008440000000000000">170 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004856320000000000♠">85,632</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996195000000000000">195 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996195000000000000">510 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s,_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda">St. John's</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbuda" title="Barbuda">Barbuda</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008161000000000000">161 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008161000000000000">62 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7003137000000000000♠">1,370</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6994964999999999999">9.65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6994964999999999999">25.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Codrington,_Barbuda" title="Codrington, Barbuda">Codrington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Redonda" title="Redonda">Redonda</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7006200000000000000">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7006200000000000000">0.77 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="5000000000000000000">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="5000000000000000000">0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N/a" class="mw-redirect" title="N/a">n/a</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Barbados" title="Parishes of Barbados">Parishes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008431000000000000">431 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008431000000000000">166 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005284589000000000♠">284,589</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996660000000000000">660 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996660000000000000">1,700 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgetown" title="Bridgetown">Bridgetown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Dominica" title="Parishes of Dominica">Parishes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008754000000000000">754 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008754000000000000">291 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004726600000000000♠">72,660</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995963000000000000">96.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995963000000000000">249 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roseau" title="Roseau">Roseau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Grenada" title="Parishes of Grenada">Parishes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008344000000000000">344 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008344000000000000">133 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005110000000000000♠">110,000</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996319800000000000">319.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996319800000000000">828 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._George%27s,_Grenada" title="St. George's, Grenada">St. George's</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Parishes of Saint Kitts and Nevis">Parishes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008261000000000000">261 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008261000000000000">101 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004426960000000000♠">42,696</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996163500000000000">163.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996163500000000000">423 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basseterre" title="Basseterre">Basseterre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nevis" title="Nevis">Nevis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007930000000000000">93 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007930000000000000">36 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004121060000000000♠">12,106</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996130099999999999">130.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996130099999999999">337 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis">Charlestown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Saint_Lucia" title="Districts of Saint Lucia">Districts</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008616000000000000">616 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008616000000000000">238 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005173765000000000♠">173,765</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996282000000000000">282 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996282000000000000">730 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Castries" title="Castries">Castries</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parishes_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Parishes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Parishes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008389000000000000">389 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008389000000000000">150 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005110000000000000♠">110,000</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996283000000000000">283 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996283000000000000">730 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingstown" title="Kingstown">Kingstown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regions_and_municipalities_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago">Regions and municipalities</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009513100000000000">5,131 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009513100000000000">1,981 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7006140595300000000♠">1,405,953</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996253299999999999">253.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996253299999999999">656 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Spain" title="Port of Spain">Port of Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tobago" title="Tobago">Tobago</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008300000000000000">300 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008300000000000000">120 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004600000000000000♠">60,000</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996179999999999999">180 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996179999999999999">470 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scarborough,_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="Scarborough, Tobago">Scarborough</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;" class="sortbottom"> <th>Total </th> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009836700000000000">8,367 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009836700000000000">3,231 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7006217929500000000♠">2,179,295</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996260500000000000">260.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996260500000000000">675 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beach_at_the_Anse_de_Grande_Saline_on_St._Barthelemy,_French_West_Indies_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Beach_at_the_Anse_de_Grande_Saline_on_St._Barthelemy%2C_French_West_Indies_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Beach_at_the_Anse_de_Grande_Saline_on_St._Barthelemy%2C_French_West_Indies_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Beach_at_the_Anse_de_Grande_Saline_on_St._Barthelemy%2C_French_West_Indies_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Beach_at_the_Anse_de_Grande_Saline_on_St._Barthelemy%2C_French_West_Indies_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Beach_at_the_Anse_de_Grande_Saline_on_St._Barthelemy%2C_French_West_Indies_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Beach_at_the_Anse_de_Grande_Saline_on_St._Barthelemy%2C_French_West_Indies_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1724" data-file-height="1091" /></a><figcaption>Beach at the Anse de Grande Saline on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="French Antilles">French Antilles</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-sovereign_states_and_territories">Non-sovereign states and territories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Non-sovereign states and territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ececec;"> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dependent_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="List of dependent territories">Sovereign state</a> </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Subdivisions </th> <th colspan="2">Area </th> <th rowspan="2">Population<br />(July 1, 2005, est.) </th> <th colspan="2">Population density </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Capital </th></tr> <tr> <th>km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>sq mi </th> <th>per km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>per sq mi </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> </td> <td>Districts </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008193000000000000">193 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008193000000000000">75 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005103065000000000♠">103,065</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996534000000000000">534.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996534000000000000">1,383 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oranjestad,_Aruba" title="Oranjestad, Aruba">Oranjestad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a> </td> <td>UK </td> <td>Districts </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007910000000000000">91 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007910000000000000">35 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004136000000000000♠">13,600</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996149400000000000">149.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996149400000000000">387 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Valley,_Anguilla" title="The Valley, Anguilla">The Valley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008288000000000000">288 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008288000000000000">111 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004140060000000000♠">14,006</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995486000000000000">48.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995486000000000000">126 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kralendijk" title="Kralendijk">Kralendijk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td>UK </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts of the British Virgin Islands">Districts</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008153000000000000">153 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008153000000000000">59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004270000000000000♠">27,000</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996176499999999999">176.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996176499999999999">457 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Road_Town" title="Road Town">Road Town</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> </td> <td>Kingdom of the Netherlands </td> <td>Districts </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008444000000000000">444 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008444000000000000">171 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005180592000000000♠">180,592</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996406699999999999">406.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996406699999999999">1,053 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willemstad" title="Willemstad">Willemstad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_the_Guadeloupe_department" title="Arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department">Arrondissements</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009178000000000000">1,780 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009178000000000000">690 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005440000000000000♠">440,000</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996247200000000000">247.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996247200000000000">640 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basse-Terre" title="Basse-Terre">Basse-Terre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_the_Martinique_department" title="Arrondissements of the Martinique department">Arrondissements</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009112800000000000">1,128 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009112800000000000">436 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005400000000000000♠">400,000</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996354600000000000">354.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996354600000000000">918 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort-de-France" title="Fort-de-France">Fort-de-France</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a> </td> <td>UK </td> <td>Parishes </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008120000000000000">120 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008120000000000000">46 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7003465500000000000♠">4,655</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995387999999999999">38.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995387999999999999">100 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brades" title="Brades">Brades</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> </td> <td>Netherlands </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007130000000000000">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007130000000000000">5.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7003142400000000000♠">1,424</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996109499999999999">109.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996109499999999999">284 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Bottom" title="The Bottom">The Bottom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td>Paroisses (parishes) </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007210000000000000">21 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007210000000000000">8.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7003744800000000000♠">7,448</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996354600000000000">354.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996354600000000000">918 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gustavia,_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy">Gustavia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint-Martin</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007530000000000000">53 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007530000000000000">20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004350000000000000♠">35,000</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996660399999999999">660.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996660399999999999">1,710 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marigot,_Saint_Martin" title="Marigot, Saint Martin">Marigot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> </td> <td>Netherlands </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007340000000000000">34 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007340000000000000">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7003310000000000000♠">3,100</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995912000000000000">91.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995912000000000000">236 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oranjestad,_Sint_Eustatius" title="Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius">Oranjestad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> </td> <td>Kingdom of the Netherlands </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007340000000000000">34 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7007340000000000000">13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004409170000000000♠">40,917</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6997120340000000000">1,203.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6997120340000000000">3,117 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philipsburg,_Sint_Maarten" title="Philipsburg, Sint Maarten">Philipsburg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Virgin_Islands" title="Spanish Virgin Islands">Spanish Virgin Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>) </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barrios_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Barrios of Puerto Rico">Barrios</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008165100000000000">165.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008165100000000000">63.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7004111190000000000♠">11,119</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995673500000000000">67.35 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995673500000000000">174.4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Culebra_barrio-pueblo" title="Culebra barrio-pueblo">Culebra</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Isabel_II_barrio-pueblo" title="Isabel II barrio-pueblo">Isabel II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_and_sub-districts_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands">Districts</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008346000000000000">346 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008346000000000000">134 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005108448000000000♠">108,448</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996313400000000000">313.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996313400000000000">812 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> </td> <td>Municipalities </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009115000000000000">1,150 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009115000000000000">440 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7005491610000000000♠">491,610</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996427500000000000">427.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6996427500000000000">1,107 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Asunci%C3%B3n" title="La Asunción">La Asunción</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies of Venezuela</a> </td> <td>Venezuela </td> <td>Federal dependencies </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008342000000000000">342 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008342000000000000">132 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7003215500000000000♠">2,155</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6994630000000000000">6.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6994630000000000000">16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gran_Roque" title="Gran Roque">Gran Roque</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;" class="sortbottom"> <th>Total </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009599700000000000">5,997 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009599700000000000">2,315 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span data-sort-value="7006176995500000000♠">1,769,955</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995201000000000000">20.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="6995201000000000000">52 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gran_roque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gran_roque.jpg/220px-Gran_roque.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gran_roque.jpg/330px-Gran_roque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gran_roque.jpg/440px-Gran_roque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Los_Roques_archipelago" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Roques archipelago">Los Roques archipelago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies</a> of Venezuela in the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Several islands off the north coast of Venezuela and politically part of that country are also considered part of the Lesser Antilles. These are listed in the section below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islands">Islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main Lesser Antilles are (from north to south to west): </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leeward_Islands">Leeward Islands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Leeward Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leeward_Islands.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Leeward_Islands.jpg/300px-Leeward_Islands.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Leeward_Islands.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="302" /></a><figcaption>Leeward Islands</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a> (France) / <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a> (Netherlands)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a> (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a> (Netherlands)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> (Netherlands)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a> (St. Kitts and Nevis)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevis" title="Nevis">Nevis</a> (St. Kitts and Nevis)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbuda" title="Barbuda">Barbuda</a> (Antigua and Barbuda)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua" title="Antigua">Antigua</a> (Antigua and Barbuda) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Redonda" title="Redonda">Redonda</a> (Antigua and Barbuda) uninhabited</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basse-Terre_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Basse-Terre Island">Basse-Terre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grande-Terre" title="Grande-Terre">Grande-Terre</a> (often combined as <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>) (France) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_D%C3%A9sirade" title="La Désirade">La Désirade</a> (Guadeloupe dependency) (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie-Galante" title="Marie-Galante">Marie-Galante</a> (Guadeloupe dependency) (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Eles_des_Saintes" title="Îles des Saintes">Îles des Saintes</a> archipelago (Guadeloupe dependency) (France)</li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beach_at_Hillsborough_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Beach_at_Hillsborough_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Beach_at_Hillsborough_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Beach_at_Hillsborough_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Beach_at_Hillsborough_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Beach_at_Hillsborough_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Beach_at_Hillsborough_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3854" data-file-height="2478" /></a><figcaption>Carriacou, <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windward_Islands">Windward Islands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Windward Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> (Commonwealth)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> (St. Lucia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Vincent (island)">Saint Vincent</a> (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenadines" title="Grenadines">Grenadines</a> (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carriacou_and_Petite_Martinique" title="Carriacou and Petite Martinique">Carriacou and Petite Martinique</a> (Grenada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> (Grenada)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leeward_Antilles">Leeward Antilles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Leeward Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG/300px-SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG/450px-SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG/600px-SouthernCaribbeanIslands.PNG 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Leeward Antilles</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cura%C3%A7ao_(Unsplash_8po6zR17PqE).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Cura%C3%A7ao_%28Unsplash_8po6zR17PqE%29.jpg/220px-Cura%C3%A7ao_%28Unsplash_8po6zR17PqE%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Cura%C3%A7ao_%28Unsplash_8po6zR17PqE%29.jpg/330px-Cura%C3%A7ao_%28Unsplash_8po6zR17PqE%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Cura%C3%A7ao_%28Unsplash_8po6zR17PqE%29.jpg/440px-Cura%C3%A7ao_%28Unsplash_8po6zR17PqE%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4860" data-file-height="3227" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Islands north of the Venezuelan coast (from west to east): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a> (Netherlands)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> (Netherlands)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a> (Netherlands)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies of Venezuela</a> (Venezuela) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Monjes_Archipelago" title="Los Monjes Archipelago">Los Monjes Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Tortuga_Island" title="La Tortuga Island">La Tortuga Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Sola_Island" title="La Sola Island">La Sola Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Testigos_Islands" title="Los Testigos Islands">Los Testigos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islas_Los_Frailes" class="mw-redirect" title="Islas Los Frailes">Los Frailes Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patos_Island_(Venezuela)" title="Patos Island (Venezuela)">Patos Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Roques_Archipelago" title="Los Roques Archipelago">Los Roques Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanquilla_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Blanquilla Island">La Blanquilla Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Hermanos_Archipelago" title="Los Hermanos Archipelago">Los Hermanos Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Orchila" class="mw-redirect" title="La Orchila">La Orchila</a> Island</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Aves_Archipelago" title="Las Aves Archipelago">Las Aves Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isla_Aves" class="mw-redirect" title="Isla Aves">Aves Island</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a> (Venezuela) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margarita_Island" title="Margarita Island">Margarita Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coche,_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="Coche, Venezuela">Coche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cubagua" class="mw-redirect" title="Cubagua">Cubagua</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Isolated_islands_in_the_Lesser_Antilles">Isolated islands in the Lesser Antilles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Isolated islands in the Lesser Antilles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a><sup>†</sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a><sup>†</sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MW_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><sup>†</sup> <a href="/wiki/Physical_geography" title="Physical geography">Physiographically</a>, these are <a href="/wiki/Island#Continental_islands" title="Island">continental islands</a> not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc. 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See <a href="/wiki/Islands_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" class="mw-redirect" title="Islands of Trinidad and Tobago">Islands of Trinidad and Tobago</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mnemonics" title="List of mnemonics">List of mnemonics</a> geography section</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles_Volcanic_Arc" title="Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc">Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucayan_Archipelago" title="Lucayan Archipelago">Lucayan Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lesser_Antilles&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(Spanish: <i lang="es">Antillas Menores</i>; French: <i lang="fr">Petites Antilles</i>; <a href="/wiki/Papiamento_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Papiamento language">Papiamento</a>: <i lang="pap">Antias Menor</i>; <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Kleine Antillen</i>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MW-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MW_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MW_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"West Indies." <i>Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary</i>, 3rd ed. 2001. 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Venezuela</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="ABC_islands" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)" class="mw-redirect" title="The ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)">ABC islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a><sup>*</sup></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Windward_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Windward Islands">Windward<br />Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Carriacou_and_Petite_Martinique" title="Carriacou and Petite Martinique">Carriacou and Petite Martinique</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Lucayan_Archipelago" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lucayan Archipelago">Lucayan<br />Archipelago</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></i></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Caribbean_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="The Caribbean Sea">Caribbean<br />Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Isla_de_Aves" title="Isla de Aves">Aves Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">San Andrés and Providencia</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Nuevo_Bank" title="Bajo Nuevo Bank">Bajo Nuevo Bank</a><sup>~</sup></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Serranilla_Bank" title="Serranilla Bank">Serranilla Bank</a><sup>~</sup></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Western_Caribbean_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="The Western Caribbean zone">Caribbean<br />continental<br />zone</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Quintana_Roo" title="Quintana Roo">Quintana Roo</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cozumel" title="Cozumel">Cozumel</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bay_Islands_Department" title="Bay Islands Department">Bay Islands</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Izabal_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="The Izabal Department">Izabal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lim%C3%B3n_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="The Limón Province">Limón</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Corn_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Corn Islands">Corn Islands</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Caribbean_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="The Caribbean Community">Wider<br />groupings</a><br /><a href="/wiki/The_Association_of_Caribbean_States" class="mw-redirect" title="The Association of Caribbean States">may include:</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a><sup>#</sup></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Venezuela">Venezuelan Guayana</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute" title="Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute">Guayana Esequiba</a><sup>ǂ</sup></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tigri_Area" title="Tigri Area">Tigri Area</a><sup>ǂ</sup></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>N.B.:</b> Territories in <i>italics</i> are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies. <p><sup>^</sup>These three form the <a href="/wiki/SSS_islands" title="SSS islands">SSS islands</a> that with the ABC islands comprise the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean" title="Dutch Caribbean">Dutch Caribbean</a>, of which <sup>*</sup>the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands" title="Caribbean Netherlands">BES islands</a> are not direct <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom</a> constituents but subsumed with the country of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. </p><p><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Physical_geography" title="Physical geography">Physiographically</a>, these <a href="/wiki/Island#Continental_islands" title="Island">continental islands</a> are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically. </p><p><sup>ǂ</sup><a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">Disputed territories</a> administered by <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>. <sup>~</sup><a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">Disputed territories</a> administered by <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>. </p> <sup>#</sup><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> is an isolated <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic</a> <a href="/wiki/Island#Oceanic_islands" title="Island">oceanic island</a>, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">Northern American</a> region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Caribbean_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish Caribbean (1492–1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean" title="Piracy in the Caribbean">Piracy</a> (1500s–1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Dutch Caribbean (1554–1863)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_West_Indies" title="History of the British West Indies">British Caribbean (1586–1834)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_West_Indies" title="French West Indies">French Caribbean (1625–1817)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curonian_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Curonian colonization of the Americas">Baltic-German Caribbean (1654-1689)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish Caribbean (1672–1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_(Brandenburg_colony)" title="Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony)">German Caribbean (1685-1693)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_colony_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy">Swedish Caribbean (1784–1878)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_history" title="Afro-Caribbean history">Afro-Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Court_of_Justice" title="Caribbean Court of Justice">Caribbean Court of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Caribbean" title="Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean">Indigenous people</a> <ul><li><a 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antilles" title="Antilles">Antilles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lesser Antilles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Antilles" title="Leeward Antilles">Leeward Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Lowlands" title="Caribbean Lowlands">Caribbean Lowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_South_America" title="Caribbean South America">Caribbean South America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="Latin America and the Caribbean">Latin America and the Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Caribbean" title="Southern Caribbean">Southern Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Caribbean_zone" title="Western Caribbean zone">Western Caribbean zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_bioregion" title="Caribbean bioregion">Bioregion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of earthquakes in the Caribbean">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_the_Caribbean" title="Extreme points of the Caribbean">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_islands" title="List of Caribbean islands">Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_islands_by_area" title="List of Caribbean islands by area">by area</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammals_of_the_Caribbean" title="Mammals of the Caribbean">Mammals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cetaceans_of_the_Caribbean" title="Cetaceans of the Caribbean">Cetaceans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_the_West_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies">Metropolitan areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_the_Caribbean" title="List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of populated places in the Caribbean">Populated places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="List of rivers of Central America and the Caribbean">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_trees_of_the_Caribbean" title="List of trees of the Caribbean">Trees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ultras_of_the_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ultras of the Caribbean">Ultras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_West_Indies#Sovereign_states" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the West Indies">Sovereign states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_the_West_Indies#Dependent_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the West Indies">Dependent territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caribbean#Politics" title="Caribbean">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean">Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_leftism" title="Afro-Caribbean leftism">Afro-Caribbean leftism</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="List of largest airlines in Central America and the Caribbean">Airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of airports in the Caribbean">Airports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Basin_Trade_and_Partnership_Act" title="Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act">Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Development_Bank" title="Caribbean Development Bank">Caribbean Development Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_banks_and_currencies_of_the_Caribbean" title="Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean">Central banks and currencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citrus_industry_in_the_Caribbean" title="Citrus industry in the Caribbean">Citrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_companies" title="List of Caribbean companies">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_the_Caribbean" title="Fishing industry in the Caribbean">Fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hotels_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of hotels in the Caribbean">Hotels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges_in_the_Americas" title="List of stock exchanges in the Americas">Stock exchanges</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Caribbean_Securities_Exchange" title="Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange">Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_plantations_in_the_Caribbean" title="Sugar plantations in the Caribbean">Sugar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_sugar_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban sugar economy">in Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_production_in_the_Danish_West_Indies" title="Sugar production in the Danish West Indies">in the Danish West Indies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourism in the Caribbean">Tourism</a></li></ul> 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