Grenadines (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
Grenadines is an administrative unit ( Parish ) in the island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean . It is the fourth largest Parish of the land area, but consists of the northern the Grenadines (Engl. Grenadines ), a cross-border chain of islands between the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada and geographically belongs to the Leeward Islands and the Lesser Antilles . It lies between the Caribbean Sea in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. Accordingly, the Parish forms the larger half of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The main town is Port Elizabeth . The Parish covers a land area of 44 km² (17 mi²) and the population was given in 2000 as approximately 9,200 inhabitants.
Islands
The parish includes the northern Grenadines:
- All Awash Island ( ⊙ )
- Baliceaux (Baliceaux Island, ⊙ )
- Bettowia (Battowia Island, ⊙ )
- Bequia ( ⊙ )
- Canouan (Canouan Island, ⊙ )
- Catholic Island ( ⊙ )
- Church Cay ( ⊙ )
- Dove Cay ( ⊙ )
- L'Islot ( ⊙ )
- Mayreau ( ⊙ )
- Mustique ( ⊙ )
- Petit Canouan ( ⊙ )
- Petit Cay ( ⊙ )
- Petite Mustique ( ⊙ )
- Petite Nevis ( ⊙ )
- Petit St. Vincent ( ⊙ )
- Pigeon Island ( ⊙ )
- Prune Island (Palm Island, ⊙ )
- Isle à Quatre (Quatre, ⊙ )
- Rabbit Island ( ⊙ )
- Red Island ( ⊙ )
- Saint Elairs Cay ( ⊙ )
- Sand Cay ( ⊙ )
- Savan (Savan Island, ⊙ )
- The Pillories ( Les Piloris , ⊙ )
- Tobago Cays ( ⊙ )
- Union Island ( ⊙ )
Localities
| Surname | Coordinates | island |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton | ⊙ | Union Island |
| Bednoe | ⊙ | Quatre |
| Charlestown | ⊙ | Canouan |
| Cheltenham | ⊙ | Mustique |
| Clifton | ⊙ | Union Island |
| Derrick | ⊙ | Bequia |
| Dovers | ⊙ | Mustique |
| Friendship | ⊙ | Bequia |
| Lovell Village | ⊙ | Mustique |
| Old Wall | ⊙ | Mayreau |
| Paget Farm | ⊙ | Bequia |
| Port Elizabeth | ⊙ | Bequia |
Individual evidence
Web links
- Parishes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Statoids.com
Coordinates: 13 ° 1 ′ N , 61 ° 14 ′ W