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There are seven islands and two rocks in the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, including: Northern part of the island of Saint Martin , 18°04′01″N 63°02′57″W / 18.06688°N 63.04916°W / 18.06688; -63.04916 ( Saint
Island Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Country or Countries 57 Providenciales: 98 38 Turks and Caicos Islands: 58 Nevis: 93 36 Saint Kitts and Nevis ( Nevis) 59 Anguilla: 91 35 Anguilla: 60 East Caicos: 90.6 34 Turks and Caicos Islands: 61 Saint Martin: 87 37 Saint Martin and Sint Maarten: 62 Saint Thomas: 80.91 31.23 United States Virgin Islands: 63 ...
The islands were dominantly Kalinago compared to the Greater Antilles which was settled by the Taíno, the boundary set between them is known as the "poison arrow curtain" for the Kalinago's favoured weapon for fending off Europeans that came to conquer the islands in the 16th century. [3] Map of the Lesser Antilles, 1780
The Lesser Antilles contains the northerly Leeward Islands and the southeasterly Windward Islands as well as the Leeward Antilles just north of Venezuela. The Lucayan Archipelago (consisting of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands), though a part of the West Indies, is generally not included among the Antillean islands. [2]
Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the northeastern Caribbean, approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km 2 (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60:40 between the French Republic (53 km 2 or 20 sq mi) [ 1 ] and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km ...
The Turks Islands are separated from the Caicos Islands by Turks Island Passage, which is more than 2,200 m (7,200 ft) deep. [39] The islands form a chain that stretches north–south. The 2012 census population was 4,939 on the two main islands, the only inhabited islands of the group:
The Leeward Islands are labelled on the map's middle right side. The islands were created mostly by volcanoes in the Lesser Antilles subduction zone. Some are still active. Notable eruptions occurred in Montserrat in the 1990s and in 2009 to 2010. At 1,467 metres or 4,813 feet, the highest point is La Grande Soufrière in Guadeloupe.
The Collectivity of Saint Martin (French: Collectivité de Saint-Martin), commonly known as simply Saint Martin (Saint-Martin, [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃] ⓘ), is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies in the Caribbean, on the northern half of the island of Saint Martin, as well as some smaller adjacent islands. [6] Saint Martin is ...