Saint Vincent, island of the Windward group in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Saint Lucia and about 100 miles (160 km) west of Barbados. In 1979 the seven large northern Grenadine Islands and Saint Vincent b
The main island consists of drought-resistant forest with its largest settlements along the rim including Roadtown. The territory is part of the Virgin Islands archipelago. Additionally, it’s within the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles and part of the West Indies. The collection of islands...
The centres of population are widely distributed on each island. Some are located leeward, where it is calm and sheltered—for example, Cat Island. Others face the north and northeastern sides, where they are exposed to the northeast trade winds—as in the case of the Abaco Cays (the cays...
SATELLITE IMAGERY Montserrat Satellite Map The island measures approximately 16 kilometers (10 mi) in length and 11 kilometers (7 mi) in width, with approximately 40 km (25 mi) of coastline. It’s part of the Leeward Islands, within the Lesser Antilles and West Indies. Overall, the interio...
Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. With 261 square kilometres (101 sq mi) of...
semi-deciduous woodland, found in theLeeward Islands(the northern group of the Lesser Antilles; the southern group is called theWindward Islands) and other areas of prolongeddrought;tropical rainforestof the wetlowlands;montane forest, occurring in wet highlands; andelfin woodland, which occurs on ...
Saint Martin, island, lying at the northern end of the Leeward group of the Lesser Antilles in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The island extends about 12 miles (19 km) from north to south and about the same distance from east to west, including a narrow looping sand spit that extends wes...
Panama,countryofCentral Americalocated on theIsthmus of Panama, the narrow bridge of land that connectsNorthandSouth America. Embracing theisthmusand more than 1,600 islands off itsAtlanticandPacificcoasts, the tropical nation is renowned as the site of thePanama Canal, which cuts through its mids...
If there is no immediately adjacent landmass, the reef descends again into deeper water, generally more gently, on this, its leeward side. There are usually live reef frameworks on this slope too, but these are often irregular and patchy. Sedimentation The reef becomes true rock by an almost...