The Grenadines are a Caribbean island chain of over 600 islands in the Windward Islands. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting This article is about the Caribbean island group For the eastern Society Islands in French Polynesia, see Windward Islands (Society Islands. They are divided between the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. An island country is a Country that is wholly confined to an Island, several islands an Island group or several island groups and has no territory on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles chain of the Caribbean Sea. Grenada (grɪˈneɪdə is an Island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Islands of the Grenadines include:
Map of Grenadines
- Young Island (Grenadines)
- Bequia
- Moonhole Rock
- Petite Nevis
- Quatre
- Bettowia
- Baliceaux
- Mustique
- Petite Mustique
- Savan
- Petite Canouan
- Canouan
- Mayreau
- The Tobago Cays
- Union Island
- Petit Saint Vincent
- Palm Island
- Mopion
- Carriacou (Grenada) 27. Bequia ( pronounced beck-way) is the second largest island in the Grenadines. Petite Nevis is a tiny Island in the Grenadines, off the coast of Bequia. Quatre is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Bettowia is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Baliceaux is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Mustique is a small Private island in the West Indies on the edge of the Caribbean Sea. Petite Mustique is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Savan is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Petite Canouan is one of the Grenadines Islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Canouan is one of the Grenadines Islands belonging to St Vincent. Mayreau is the smallest inhabited island of the Grenadines, with an area of about 1 Tobago Cays are an archipelago comprised of five small uninhabited islands - Petit Rameau Petit Bateau Baradol Petit Tobac and Jamesby - located in the Southern Grenadines Union Island is the southernmost island of the Grenadines belonging to the state of St Petit St Vincent, known locally as PSV is an island 40 Statute miles (60 km south of St Palm Island in the Grenadines is a tiny island a mile from Union Island, and only accessible by boat Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea, is the largest island of the Grenadines, an Archipelago in the Windward Islands chain 5 km² (10. 6 sq mi), 7,400, Capital Hillsborough
- Saline (Grenada) 0. Hillsborough is a small town with approx 700 people living there 3 km² (74 acres), Uninhabited
- Frigate (Grenada) 0. 4 km² (99 acres), Uninhabited
- Ronde (Grenada) 3. 2 km² (790 acres), Uninhabited
- Large (Grenada), 0. 5 km² (120 acres), Uninhabited
- Petite Martinique (Grenada) 3. Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea, is the largest island of the Grenadines, an Archipelago in the Windward Islands chain 7 km² (910 acres), 550, Capital North Village
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grenadines
-noun
- Plural form of grenadine.
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