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Windward Islands
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subgroup of islands (according to their English definition), comprising the generally larger islands of the southern part of the Windward Islands (according to their French definition) in the Lesser Antilles bordering the East of the Caribbean sea
The Windward Islands are a group of larger islands located in the southern part of the Lesser Antilles, positioned on the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea. They matter as an important geographical region in the Caribbean with distinct cultural and geographical characteristics.
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Encyclopedic overview
The Windward Islands are a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean region of the Americas, situated where the southeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western North Atlantic Ocean. 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. They lie south of the Leeward Islands, northern islands from the Virgin Islands to Guadeloupe, and east of the Leeward Antilles, southwestern islands from the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela to Aruba.
The name was also used to refer to a British colony which existed between 1833 and 1960 and originally consisted of the islands of Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent. Today, these islands constitute three sovereign states, the latter of which is now known as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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