The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles. Part of the West Indies, they lie south of the Leeward Islands, approximately... 6 KB (585 words) - 19:48, 2 May 2024 |
The Windward Islands (French: Îles du Vent) are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the... 5 KB (349 words) - 03:49, 15 April 2024 |
The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 31... 9 KB (610 words) - 13:33, 31 March 2024 |
Islands, but was transferred from the British Leeward Islands to the British Windward Islands in 1940. The name of this island group, Leeward Islands... 13 KB (1,327 words) - 19:48, 2 May 2024 |
The SSS islands (Dutch: SSS-eilanden), locally also known as the Windward Islands (Bovenwindse Eilanden or Bovenwinden), is a collective term for the... 11 KB (591 words) - 11:20, 5 February 2024 |
these islands and islets are administered as Hawaii—the 50th state of the United States. The eight major islands of Hawaii (Windward Islands) are listed... 34 KB (3,657 words) - 05:14, 4 May 2024 |
Winair (redirect from Windward Islands Air) Winair (abbreviatted for Windward Islands Airways International NV) is a government-owned Dutch regional airline based in Sint Maarten. Founded in 1961... 8 KB (429 words) - 11:42, 1 April 2024 |
Hawaiian Islands, also known as Leeward Islands Windward Islands, Leeward Islands and Leeward Antilles (in the Lesser Antilles) Windward Islands and Leeward... 8 KB (852 words) - 20:23, 25 March 2024 |
Antilles (redirect from Antillean islands) Spanish visitors called them the Windward Islands (today having a narrower definition). They were also called the Forward Islands by 18th-century British. Thereafter... 7 KB (694 words) - 02:46, 28 February 2024 |
West Indies (redirect from West Indies Islands) islands. † Physiographically, these are continental islands not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc. However, based on proximity, these islands... 27 KB (2,387 words) - 13:56, 10 April 2024 |
This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands. The colony of the Windward Islands was created in 1833 and consisted of Grenada, Barbados (to... 3 KB (108 words) - 03:09, 31 July 2023 |
Lesser Antilles (redirect from Lesser Antillean islands) begins east of Puerto Rico and swings south through the Leeward and Windward Islands almost to South America and then turns west along the Venezuelan coast... 24 KB (1,640 words) - 01:21, 22 February 2024 |
Look up Windward Islands in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Windward Islands is the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. Windward Islands may also... 505 bytes (97 words) - 01:50, 18 March 2023 |
it was transferred to the British Windward Islands group. On 3 January 1958, all islands except the Virgin Islands were absorbed into the West Indies... 9 KB (549 words) - 23:26, 23 February 2024 |
Kalinago (redirect from Island Carib) America, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Windward Islands, Dominica, and possibly the southern Leeward Islands. Historically, it was thought their ancestors... 35 KB (3,669 words) - 07:40, 29 April 2024 |
British West Indies (redirect from British West India Islands) Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands), Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, and the Leeward Islands. Between 1958 and 1962, all of the island territories... 18 KB (2,035 words) - 10:47, 29 March 2024 |
are listed. Windward Islands elected to field Shadrack Descarte (Windward Islands) made his first-class debut. Points: Windward Islands 21.4, Jamaica... 42 KB (897 words) - 15:44, 21 April 2024 |
consists of 10 islands and several islets, divided into two groups: Barlavento (windward) islands Sotavento (leeward) islands The islands in the Barlavento... 2 KB (75 words) - 18:35, 20 July 2022 |
Virgin Islands, and Montserrat), one U.S. territory (the U.S. Virgin Islands), and one Dutch constituent country (Sint Maarten). The Windward Islands Cricket... 75 KB (5,565 words) - 11:09, 30 April 2024 |
Caribbean (redirect from Carribean Islands) Greater Antilles, the Bahamas and the Leeward Islands, the Island Caribs and Galibi in the Windward Islands, and the Ciboney in western Cuba. The Taínos... 127 KB (8,938 words) - 23:03, 4 May 2024 |
Caribbean Netherlands (redirect from Kingdom Islands) drier than the Windward islands. In summer, the Windward Islands can be subject to hurricanes. Until 1 January 2011, the three islands used the Netherlands... 32 KB (2,455 words) - 19:00, 4 April 2024 |
Saint Lucia (redirect from St. Lucia (island)) Amerindian peoples. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados... 64 KB (6,066 words) - 02:56, 27 April 2024 |
part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbados represented the monarch in all the Windward Islands. In 1885 Barbados became an... 9 KB (859 words) - 01:53, 10 November 2023 |
French Polynesia (category Island countries) Society Islands archipelago, comprising the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands the Tuamotu Archipelago the Gambier Islands the Marquesas Islands the... 90 KB (8,204 words) - 07:21, 9 April 2024 |
Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; /ˈtɜːrks/ and /ˈkeɪkəs, -koʊs, -kɒs/) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller... 100 KB (9,142 words) - 11:27, 3 May 2024 |
The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and... 43 KB (4,267 words) - 00:06, 4 May 2024 |
Flag of French Polynesia (section Windward Islands) island groups; red and white are traditional Polynesian colors. Flag of the Austral Islands Flag of the Gambier Islands Flag of the Marquesas Islands... 5 KB (329 words) - 08:56, 14 March 2024 |
Grenada national cricket team (section Grenada players on the current Windward Islands cricket team) Cricket Council, but the Grenada Cricket Association is a member of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control, which itself is a member association of the... 14 KB (777 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2023 |