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The Windward Coast is an area of West Africa located on the coast between Cape Mount and Assini, [1] i.e. the coastlines of the modern states of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, to the west of the Gold Coast.
The terms windward and leeward are used in reference both to sides (and climates [7]) of individual islands and relative island locations in an archipelago. The windward side of an island is subject to the prevailing wind, and is thus the wetter (see orographic precipitation). The leeward side is the side distant from or physically in the lee ...
What is the windward shore to someone on land is termed the lee shore on a vessel, as it lies to its lee. Usage of the terms to describe shores in relation to an arbitrary point of view, including on land, can lead to ambiguity. The windward shore of an island is a lee shore from the perspective of a vessel travelling offshore.
The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or West Indies.Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from Dominica in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south, and lie south of the Leeward Islands and east of Leeward Antilles.
Therefore, a sailing vessel departing from the British Gold Coast and the Gulf of Guinea, driven by the trade winds, would usually first encounter Dominica and Martinique, [1] islands most to windward, in their west-northwesterly heading to the final destinations in the Caribbean, Central America, and Northern America. [2]
The modern Koʻolau mountain forms Oʻahu's windward coast and rises behind the leeward coast city of Honolulu — on its leeward slopes and valleys are located most of Honolulu's residential neighborhoods. View of Koʻolau Range from the top of the ridge, facing northwest.
The main island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Saint Vincent.Its geography is mostly mountainous and includes very little level ground. There is also a large difference between the coastlines on each side of the island; the windward side is very rocky, while the leeward side consists of many sandy beaches and has many more bays.
Nuʻuanu Pali is a section of the windward cliff (pali [2] in Hawaiian) of the Koʻolau mountain located at the head of Nuʻuanu Valley [3] on the island of Oʻahu.It has a panoramic view of the windward (northeast) coast of Oʻahu.