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The Lesser Antilles form a crescent of islands stretching south just off the coast of Venezuela. The Lesser Antilles are commonly divided into the Windward and the Leeward Antilles.

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the national capital. It is in the northwestern part of Trinidad island on the Gulf of Paria, off the coast of Venezuela. See more »

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda, an independent nation in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies, about 260 miles (420 km) east-southeast of Puerto Rico.

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Anguilla

Anguilla, a United Kingdom Overseas Territory in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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Aruba

Aruba, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 20 miles (32 km) off the coast of Venezuela.

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Barbados

Barbados, an island nation in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean, nearly 1,600 miles (2,600 km) east-southeast of Florida.

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Bonaire

Bonaire, one of the five islands that form the Netherland Antilles. It lies in the southern Caribbean Sea, 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Venezuela.

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Charlotte Amalie

Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, the capital and largest city of the Virgin Islands of the United States.

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Curacao

CuraƧao, the largest (180 square miles [466 km2]) of five islands that form the Netherlands Antilles.

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Dominica

Dominica, or Commonwealth of Dominica, an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies.

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Grenada

Grenada, an independent island country in the West Indies. It lies at the southern end of the Windward Islands, about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) southeast of Florida.

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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies.

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Martinique

Martinique, an island in the Caribbean Sea and an overseas department of France. With an area of 425 square miles (1,100 km2), it is the largest of the Windward Islands.

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Montserrat

Montserrat, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the Leeward Islands of the West Indies and lies 255 miles (410 km) east-southeast of Puerto Rico.

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Pelican Island

Pelican Island, a national refuge for pelicans, in the Indian River off the east-central coast of Florida.

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St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Kitts and Nevis, a country of the West Indies. It consists of two of the Leeward Islands situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) apart.

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St. Lucia

St. Lucia, l$uM'sh$$ a; l$$u-s$e'$$ , an island country in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the Windward Islands of the West Indies.

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St. Vincent & Grenadines

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a country in the Windward Islands of the West Indies.

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The Leeward Islands

Leeward Islands, the northern chain of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. They extend from Puerto Rico on the west to the Windward Islands on the south.

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The Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles, islands in the West Indies that form an integral part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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The Port of Spain

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the national capital. It is in the northwestern part of Trinidad island on the Gulf of Paria, off the coast of Venezuela.

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The Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands, a group of small islands in the West Indies, just east of Puerto Rico, between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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