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 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 2 comments
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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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