Islands
The main Lesser Antilles are (from north to south to west):
Leeward Islands:
- Virgin Islands
- St. Thomas (USA)
- St. John (USA)
- St. Croix (USA)
- Water Island (USA)
- Tortola (UK)
- Virgin Gorda (UK)
- Anegada (UK)
- Jost Van Dyke (UK)
- Anguilla (UK)
- Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (France/Neth.)
- Saint-Barthélemy (Fr.)
- Saba (Neth.)
- Sint Eustatius (Neth.)
- Saint Kitts (St. Kitts and Nevis)
- Nevis (St. Kitts and Nevis)
- Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda)
- Antigua (Antigua and Barbuda)
- Redonda (Antigua and Barbuda)
- Montserrat (UK)
- Guadeloupe (Fr.)
- La Désirade (Fr.)
- Marie-Galante (Fr.)
- les Saintes archipelago (Fr.)
- Dominica (Dominica)
Windward Islands:
- Martinique (Fr.)
- Saint Lucia (St. Lucia)
- Saint Vincent (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Grenadines (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Barbados (Barbados is a Continental island found 100 miles (160 km) east of the Windward chain)
- Grenada (Grenada)
- Tobago
- Trinidad (Sometimes considered part of the Windward Islands. They are the most southern islands of the Caribbean region.
Leeward Antilles – islands north of the Venezuelan coast (from west to east):
- Aruba (Neth.)
- Curaçao (Neth.)
- Bonaire (Neth.)
- Los Roques Archipelago (Ven)
- La Orchila (Ven)
- La Tortuga (Ven)
- La Blanquilla (Ven)
- Margarita Island (Ven)
- Coche (Ven)
- Cubagua (Ven)
- Other islands (Ven)
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