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Map of the Leeward AntillesLa Tortuga Island, Federal Dependencies of VenezuelaKlein Bonaire, Netherlands
The Leeward Antilles (Dutch: Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles (and, in turn, the Antilles and the West Indies) along the southeastern fringe of the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan coast of the South American mainland. The Leeward Antilles, while among the Lesser Antilles, are not to be confused with the Leeward Islands (also of the Lesser Antilles) to the northeast.
Largely lacking in volcanic activity, the Leeward Antilles island arc occurs along the deformed southern edge of the Caribbean Plate and was formed by the plate's subduction under the South American Plate. Recent studies indicate that the Leeward Antilles are accreting to South America.
LeewardAntilles (Dutch: Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles (and...
its dependencies. In English, the term Leeward Islands refers to the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. The more southerly part of this chain...
south through the Leeward and Windward Islands almost to South America and then turns west along the Venezuelan coast (LeewardAntilles) as far as Aruba...
Rico. The Lesser Antilles contains the northerly Leeward Islands and the southeasterly Windward Islands as well as the LeewardAntilles just north of Venezuela...
island groups: a northern group (part of Leeward Islands) and a western group (part of the LeewardAntilles). No part of the country was in the southern...
the LeewardAntilles (which extend west from the southern end of the Windward Islands—thus they are at the southwestern end of the Lesser Antilles). Politically...
archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago. The subregion includes all the islands in the Antilles, plus The Bahamas...
also known as Leeward Islands Windward Islands, Leeward Islands and LeewardAntilles (in the Lesser Antilles) Windward Islands and Leeward Islands (in the...
southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles. Part of the West Indies, they lie south of the Leeward Islands, approximately between latitudes 10°...
is one of the LeewardAntilles and is located close to the coast of Venezuela. Sint Eustatius and Saba are in the main Lesser Antilles group and are located...
of the Caribbean Sea: the Greater Antilles in the north and the Lesser Antilles, which includes the LeewardAntilles, in the east and south. The nearby...
Caribbean (formerly the Netherlands Antilles) that are located within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. In order of...
were often strained. Geographically, the LeewardAntilles islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, and the Leeward Islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint...
[boːˈnɛːr(ə)] ; Papiamento: [bʊˈne̝i̯ru]) is a Caribbean island in the LeewardAntilles, and is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands...
French Antilles (French: Antilles françaises, [ɑ̃tij fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Antillean Creole: Antiy fwansé) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands...
southern Florida, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands and the LeewardAntilles. Its native names are rehazo and lafahazo (from Malagasy...
The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Navassa Island, and the...
Venezuela, probably from the Paraguaná and Guajire peninsulas, to the LeewardAntilles. They belonged to the Arawak-Maipure language family. The name Caquetío...
Collectively, these islands were formerly considered the Netherlands Antilles, and still are often referenced as the Dutch Caribbean. There are at least...
Caribbean Plate), and islands off the coast of Venezuela (including the LeewardAntilles) and Colombia. This boundary is in part the result of transform faulting...
Margarita Island (Isla de Margarita, Spanish pronunciation: [maɾɣaˈɾita]) is the largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, situated off...
of South America to the Taíno, who lived in the Greater Antilles and northern Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. All these groups spoke related Arawakan...
The Nueva Esparta State (in Spanish: Estado Nueva Esparta, pronounced [esˈtaðo ˈnweβa esˈpaɾta]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It comprises Margarita...
Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island ABC islands (LeewardAntilles), comprising the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao...
native to the southeastern United States, the Bay of Campeche and the LeewardAntilles. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2015). "Muraena retifera". IUCN Red List...
Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the LeewardAntilles lie just north, off the Venezuelan coast. General Wikimedia Commons...
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