Grenadines

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Grenadines Islands
—  Region of the Caribbean  —
Location within the Grenadine.
Region Flag of CARICOM.svg Caribbean
Island States
Population
 • Total est. 16,100
Time zone AST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC−4)

The Grenadines is a Caribbean island chain of over 600 islands in the Windward Islands.

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[edit] Geographic boundaries

They are divided between the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. They lie between the islands of Saint Vincent in the north and Grenada in the south. Neither Saint Vincent nor Grenada are Grenadine islands. The islands north of the Martinique Channel belong to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the islands south of the channel belong to Grenada.

[edit] The larger islands of the Grenadines

[edit] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

These islands make up the Grenadines Parish

[edit] Grenada

Carriacou and Petite Martinique are dependencies of Grenada.

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Coordinates: 12°40′N 61°15′W / 12.667°N 61.25°W / 12.667; -61.25

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