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 9/ Nearby we have the tiny islands of Saba and Sint Eustatius, which are part of the Netherlands π³π± (though they use the US dollar π΅). They are municipalities of the Netherlands, NOT constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Saba is famous for being home to Mount Scenery, the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands at 887 meters. 4 comments
11/ Last up is Barbados π§π§. The easternmost island in the Caribbean is a continental island that is grouped culturally and politically with the Windward Islands despite not being a part of the volcanic arc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados in 2021 Barbados removed the Queen of England π¬π§ as head of state and became a republic 12/ Of course, we could go on - there are dozens more islands worth writing about - but we had to stop somewhere. Weβll share the link to the Caribmap archive we used to find some of the wonderful old maps shared in this thread and in the Greater Antilles thread (be prepared to lose a few hours browsing) http://www.caribmap.org/index.php?id=gada&link=1851-gre-philip 13/ Thanks for reading and sharing. What did we miss in our look at the #geoweirdness of the Lesser Antilles? Weβll be back soon with more geoweirdness! Donβt forget to check out our previous threads (including threads about the Greater Antilles and British Overseas Territories) over on the blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads Enjoy the weekend! |
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10/ Moving Windward now, letβs start with Grenada π¬π©.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada
Its main islands are Grenada and two dependencies, Carriacou (the largest) and Petite Martinique. It gained independence from the United Kingdom π¬π§ in 1974 and has an active underwater volcano called Kick βem Jenny. How about that for a name?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_%27em_Jenny
Grenada is most famous for being invaded by the US πΊπΈ in 1983
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada
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10/ Moving Windward now, letβs start with Grenada π¬π©.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada
Its main islands are Grenada and two dependencies, Carriacou (the largest) and Petite Martinique. It gained independence from the United Kingdom π¬π§ in 1974 and has an active underwater volcano called Kick βem Jenny. How about that for a name?