Grande Terre

Grande Terre
	La pointe des châteaux at Saint-François
Waters	Caribbean Sea
Archipelago	Lesser Antilles
Geographical location	16 ° 20 ′ N , 61 ° 25 ′ W Coordinates: 16 ° 20 ′ N , 61 ° 25 ′ W
length	39.9 km
width	35.1 km
surface	589 km²
Highest elevation	Morne l'Escale ; 136 m
Residents	197,000 (2006) ; 334 inhabitants / km²
main place	Pointe-à-Pitre
	Plage de La Caravelle near Sainte-Anne

Grande-Terre is the eastern of the two main islands of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean (589 km²). The western and larger main island is Basse-Terre . The two islands are separated by the Rivière Salée inlet, which is just 60 meters wide and three kilometers long, and the Passage de La Gabarre , which adjoins it to the south .

Grande-Terre is surrounded by coral reefs .

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