Leeward Islands

For other uses, see Leeward Islands (disambiguation). Leeward Islands may refer to Leeward Islands, the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles Leeward Islands (Society Islands, the western

The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands, part of the West Indies. The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees, are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas and Greater Antilles form the The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting They are situated where the Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. For the region see Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea (kəˈrɪbiən or /ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ is a tropical Sea in the Western Hemisphere The southern part of the Lesser Antilles chain is called the Windward Islands. This article is about the Caribbean island group For the eastern Society Islands in French Polynesia, see Windward Islands (Society Islands.

Explanation of Name

These islands are called "leeward" because the prevailing winds in the area blow from the east, see trade wind. Windward is the direction from which the wind is blowing at the time in question The trade winds (also called trades) are the prevailing pattern of easterly winds found in the Tropics near the Earth's Equator. Thus these islands are downwind from, or in the lee of, leeward of, the southeasternmost Windward Islands, the group of islands that first meet the trade winds. This article is about the Caribbean island group For the eastern Society Islands in French Polynesia, see Windward Islands (Society Islands. The trade winds (also called trades) are the prevailing pattern of easterly winds found in the Tropics near the Earth's Equator. (See also explanation at Windward Islands. This article is about the Caribbean island group For the eastern Society Islands in French Polynesia, see Windward Islands (Society Islands. )

List of the Leeward Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix
British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke
Anguilla (UK)
Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (France/Neth. The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States. The British Virgin Islands ( BVI) is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which form part of the Archipelago of the Virgin Islands. Virgin Gorda is the third-largest (after Tortola and Anegada) and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI Anegada is the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands which form part of the Archipelago of the Virgin Islands. At roughly 8 square kilometers Jost Van Dyke is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, the northern portion of the archipelago of the Anguilla (English pronunciation ang-GWILL-ah, æŋˈɡwɪlə is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Saint Martin is a tropical Island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km (186 miles east of Puerto Rico. Antilles)
Saint-Barthélemy (Fr. Saint Barthélemy (Saint-Barthélemy officially the Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy) is an Overseas collectivity )
Saba (Neth. SABA was a German manufacturer for electronic equipment from the Black Forest up to the 1980s )
Sint Eustatius (Neth. Sint Eustatius, also known as Statia, or Saint Eustace, is one of the islands which make up the Netherlands Antilles; it is in the northern Leeward )
Saint Kitts
Nevis
Barbuda
Antigua
Redonda
Montserrat (UK)
Guadeloupe
La Désirade (Fr. Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island ( Saint-Christophe in French) is an Island in the West Indies NEVIS, or New Exhaust Valve & Intake System, is a type of Internal combustion engine developed by Cesare Bortone in cooperation with the University Barbuda is an Island in the Eastern Caribbean, and forms part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua (ænˈtiːgə an-TEE-gah) is an Island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region the main Redonda is a very small uninhabited Caribbean Island or Islet which is politically a part of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Montserrat (ˌmɒntsəˈræt is British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles Guadeloupe is an island group or Archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at, with a land area of 1628 square kilometres (629 sq La Désirade is an island in the French overseas ''région'' and ''département'' of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. )
Les Saintes (Fr. The Îles des Saintes (literally "Islands of the Saints" also called simply Les Saintes, are a group of Islands within the French overseas department )
Marie-Galante (Fr. Marie-Galante is an island of the Caribbean Sea located in the Guadeloupean archipelago )

The small and remote Isla Aves may perhaps be included with this group for convenience.

The Netherlands Antilles, however, are divided into two groups, one group in the northeast, and one in the southwest, with different naming conventions, see Netherlands Antilles. The Netherlands Antilles ( Dutch:) previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles

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The northern of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of the islands or nations of the Virgin Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua, Saint Martin, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe and Dominica

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