Grenadines
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For other uses, see Grenadine (disambiguation).
| Grenadines Islands | |
|---|---|
| — Region of the Caribbean — | |
| Location within the Grenadine. | |
| Region | |
| 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
- Young Island (Grenadines)
- Bequia
- Moonhole Rock
- Petite Nevis
- Quatre
- Bettowia
- Baliceaux
- Mustique
- Petite Mustique
- Savan
- Petite Canouan
- Canouan
- Mayreau
- The Tobago Cays
- Union Island
- Petit Saint Vincent
- Palm Island
- Mopion
[edit] Grenada
Carriacou and Petite Martinique are dependencies of Grenada.
- Carriacou 27.5 km2 (10.6 sq mi), 7,400, Capital Hillsborough
- Saline 0.3 km2 (74 acres), Uninhabited
- Frigate 0.4 km2 (99 acres), Uninhabited
- Ronde Island 3.2 km2 (790 acres), Uninhabited
- Large, 0.5 km2 (120 acres), Uninhabited
- Petite Martinique 3.7 km2 (910 acres), 550, Capital North Village
[edit] External links
- Raffles Resort Canouan Island
- Grenadines Photo Guide from Paradise Islands (non commercial site)