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The "Island of flowers ", as Martinique is called, is a volcanic island with rather low mountains which form steep cliffs along the coasts. It can be divided into three natural zones: a mountainous region in the north, with its two highest points at Mount Pelée (an active volcano, 4,428 ft.) and the Pitons du Carbet (3,960 ft.); the Lamentin Plain in the center; and a hilly region in the ...
Martinique (/ ˌ m ɑːr t ɪ ˈ n iː k / MAR-tin-EEK; French: ⓘ; Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; [6] Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
The following islands are some of the major islands in the island country Cuba: [10] Cuba (largest island in the Caribbean 104,556 km 2 (40,369 sq mi), 21°56′02″N 78°45′15″W / 21.93384°N 78.75425°W / 21.93384; -78.75425 ( Island
English: Blank administrative map of the region and department of Martinique, France, for geo-location purpose, with arrondissements boundaries. Français : Carte administrative vierge de la région et département de Martinique , France, destinée à la géolocalisation, avec limite des arrondissements.
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean. It is an overseas department (French: département d'outre-mer, DOM) of France. There is a public international airport, and three private airports on the island.
Saint-Pierre was founded in 1635 by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, a French trader and adventurer, as the first permanent French colony on the island of Martinique. Map of Saint-Pierre 1814. The Great Hurricane of 1780 produced a storm-surge of 8 metres (25 ft) which "inundated the city, destroying all houses" and killed 9,000 people. [3]
This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme. ... Martinique; Usage on an.wikipedia.org
Map of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Carriacou and Petite Martinique, also known as the Southern Grenadines, is a dependency (part) of Grenada, lying north of Grenada island and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Lesser Antilles. [2] Carriacou Island is the largest island of the Grenadines, an archipelago in the Windward ...