This article is about the Caribbean island group. For the western islands of French Polynesia, see Leeward Islands (Society Islands). For other uses, see Leeward Islands (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Leeward Antilles.
"Leewards" redirects here. For the direction, see Windward and leeward. For other uses, see Leeward (disambiguation).
Charlotte Amalie, capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Geography
Location
Caribbean Sea North Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates
16°N61°W / 16°N 61°W / 16; -61
Total islands
30+
Major islands
Antigua and Barbuda Guadeloupe Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin Virgin Islands
Highest elevation
1,467 m (4813 ft)
Highest point
La Grande Soufrière, Guadeloupe
Administration
Antigua and Barbuda
Largest settlement
St. John's
Guadeloupe
Largest settlement
Les Abymes
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Largest settlement
Basseterre
Sint Maarten
Largest settlement
Philipsburg
Demographics
Population
c. +700,000
The Leeward Islands (/ˈliːwərd/) are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. Starting with the Virgin Islands east of Puerto Rico, they extend southeast to Guadeloupe 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, starting with Dominica, is called the Windward Islands. Dominica was originally considered a part of the Leeward Islands, but was transferred from the British Leeward Islands to the British Windward Islands in 1940.
The LeewardIslands (/ˈliːwərd/) are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. Starting with...
Windward Islands group. On 3 January 1958, all islands except the Virgin Islands were absorbed into the West Indies Federation. The British LeewardIslands finally...
Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten are members of the LeewardIslands Cricket Association. The team does not...
The LeewardIslands Cricket Association, also known as the LeewardIslands Cricket Board (more often since 2015), is the ruling body for cricket in the...
Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles. Part of the West Indies, they lie south of the LeewardIslands, approximately...
The Leeward Antilles (Dutch: Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles...
known as LeewardIslands Windward Islands, LeewardIslands and Leeward Antilles (in the Lesser Antilles) Windward Islands and LeewardIslands (in the Society...
The subregion includes all the islands in the Antilles, in addition to The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are in the North Atlantic...
Lesser Antilles contains the northerly LeewardIslands and the southeasterly Windward Islands as well as the Leeward Antilles just north of Venezuela. The...
Within this island group: Bonaire is part of the ABC islands within the Leeward Antilles island chain off the Venezuelan coast. The Leeward Antilles have...
Partial islands, atolls, reefs—those west of Niʻihau are uninhabited except Midway Atoll—form the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (LeewardIslands): Nihoa...
British LeewardIslands. The seat of government was Bridgetown on Barbados, from 1871 to 1885, and thereafter St. George's on Grenada. The islands were not...
swings south through the Leeward and Windward Islands almost to South America and then turns west along the Venezuelan coast (Leeward Antilles) as far as Aruba...
Caribbean (formerly the Netherlands Antilles) that are located within the LeewardIslands group of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. In order of population...
The flag of the British LeewardIslands was the flag of the Federal Colony of the LeewardIslands. It was a Blue Ensign with a badge. The colonies under...
September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the LeewardIslands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered...
Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands), Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, and the LeewardIslands. Between 1958 and 1962, all of the island territories...
British Virgin Islands have been governed as the western island group of the LeewardIslands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and...
it includes Dominica (technically one of the LeewardIslands, but as it was part of the Windward Islands colony from 1940 until independence, its cricket...
Flag of the Gambier Islands Flag of the Marquesas Islands Flag of the LeewardIslands Flag of the Tuamotu Archipelago Flag of Bora Bora Flag of Raiatea Flag...
Solicitor-General of LeewardIslands is a law officer of the government for LeewardIslands, subordinate to the Attorney General of the LeewardIslands. The office...
the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the LeewardIslands of the Lesser Antilles...
Sint Maarten (within the LeewardIslands group) Politically, by constitutional status (in order of population size): CAS islands, for Curaçao, Aruba, and...
consists of 10 islands and several islets, divided into two groups: Barlavento (windward) islands Sotavento (leeward) islands The islands in the Barlavento...
Guyana, Jamaica, the LeewardIslands, they are now getting Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. The LeewardIslands Cricket Association consists...
Hawaiian Islands or Leeward Hawaiian Islands are a series of islands and atolls in the Hawaiian island chain located northwest of the islands of Kauai...
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