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The Lesser Antilles [1] is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west.
Lesser Antilles, long arc of small islands in the Caribbean Sea extending in a north-south direction from the Virgin Islands to Grenada. The main island groups include the Windward and Leeward Islands; these names reflect the importance to the region of the prevailing easterly trade winds.
The Lesser Antilles are an archipelago in the southeastern Caribbean, forming a boundary between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. These islands were the first part of the New World to be settled and colonised by Europeans.
The Lesser Antilles are the southern and easternmost islands in the Caribbean Sea, which include favorite destinations like Aruba and the Virgin Islands.
The Lesser Antilles include the smaller islands of the Caribbean to the south and east of the Great Antilles. It begins just off the coast of Puerto Rico with the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and extends south to Grenada.
The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea that extend from the Virgin Islands south to Trinidad and Tobago, consisting of two main groups of islands: the northern group, which includes the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands, and the southern group, which includes Trinidad and Tobago.
The Lesser Antilles are an archipelago in the southeastern Caribbean, forming a boundary between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. These islands were the first part of the New World to be settled and colonised by Europeans.
The Windward Islands are the islands located to the east of the Caribbean Sea and are the southern part of the Lesser Antilles. These islands include Martinique, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Greater and Lesser Antilles, Two groups of islands in the West Indies, bounding the Caribbean Sea on the north and east, respectively. The Greater Antilles include the largest islands (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), the Lesser Antilles all being much smaller.
The name Lesser Antilles is given to a long arc of small islands in the West Indies. These islands in the Caribbean Sea extend in a north-south direction from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and then in an east-west direction from Margarita to Aruba off the northern coast of Venezuela.