Baliceaux
Sign in to saveBaliceaux is a small Caribbean island and is one of the Grenadines chain of islands which lie between the larger islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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- Baliceaux
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- Balliceaux
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- Baliceaux Island
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- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#Lesser Antilles#Caribbean
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- 1
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- 320
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- 126 m. Gun Hill
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- Part of
- Grenadines
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- Grenadines Parish
- Population
- 0
- Elevation
- 3
- Body of water
- Caribbean Sea
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Baliceaux is a small Caribbean island and is one of the Grenadines chain of islands which lie between the larger islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
== History == The island was 'discovered' by Spanish navigators during the fifteenth century. It got prominence during wars 1769–1795 within the Caribbean region. The island's highest point, Gun Hill, served as an observation station for soldiers between 1772–1797.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baliceaux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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