Saline Island

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Saline Island
Waters Caribbean Sea
Archipelago Grenadines
Geographical location 12 ° 25 '50 "  N , 61 ° 28' 20"  W Coordinates: 12 ° 25 '50 "  N , 61 ° 28' 20"  W.
Saline Island (Grenada)
Saline Island
surface 30 ha
Residents uninhabited

Saline Island is an uninhabited island belonging to Grenada in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean between Grenada and St. Vincent to the north .

geography

The island belongs to the Carriacou archipelago and is located directly between White Island and the Cassada Rocks . A channel about 800 m wide separates the island from Frigate Island in the south. The island used to be characterized by a deep bay that pulled into the coastline from the north. The bay has now silted up. The southeast of the island rises to over 20  m .

Individual evidence

  1. geonames.org and gd.geoview.info .