Lesser Antilles facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Petites Antilles (French) Antiyas Minores (Papiamento) Antillas Menores (Spanish) |
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Location within the Caribbean.
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| Region | Caribbean |
| Island States |
 Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Barbados Bonaire British Virgin Islands Caribbean Netherlands Curaçao Dominica Grenada Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago United States Virgin Islands |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,012 km2 (5,024 sq mi) |
| Population
(2009)
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| • Total | 3,735,636 |
| • Density | 287.092/km2 (743.564/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Lesser Antillean |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (ADT) |
The Lesser Antilles (also known as the Caribbees) are a group of islands between the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. They are east and south of the Greater Antilles. Some of the islands are also just off the northern coast of South America.
Images for kids
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Trunk Bay, United States Virgin Islands
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A Spanish colonial castle on Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
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View of southern tip of Dominica
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Leeward Islands
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Carriacou, Grenada
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Map of the Leeward Antilles
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Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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See also
In Spanish: Antillas Menores para niños
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