The Grenadines is a Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 island chain of over 600 islands in the Windward Islands

Windward Islands

The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles, within the West Indies.-Name and geography:The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the...

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Geographic boundaries

They are divided between the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

 and Grenada

Grenada

Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

. They lie between the islands of Saint Vincent

Saint Vincent (island)

Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between Saint Lucia and Grenada. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains...

 in the north and Grenada in the south. Neither Saint Vincent nor Grenada are Grenadine islands. The islands north of the Martinique Channel

Martinique Channel

The Martinique Channel is a strait in the Caribbean Sea that separates Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from Grenada. It is located at ....

 belong to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the islands south of the channel belong to Grenada.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

These islands make up the Grenadines Parish

Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Grenadines is an administrative parish of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its capital is Port Elizabeth.* Area: 43 km² * Population: 9,200 The parish includes the northern Grenadine Islands:* Bequia* Moonhole Rock* Petite Nevis...

• Young Island (Grenadines)
• Bequia
  Bequia
  Bequia is the largest island in the Grenadines. It is part of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and is approximately 15 km from the nation's capital, Kingstown.-Geography:The island capital is Port Elizabeth...
  
  
• Moonhole Rock
• Petite Nevis
  Petite Nevis
  Petit Nevis is a tiny, privately owned island in the Grenadines, off the coast of Bequia. The island is uninhabited, but has been used by whalers to flense their catches to the current day, although this practice is now limited both by season and by law to conserve the whale population as an...
  
  
• Quatre
  Quatre
  Quatre is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. It is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
  
  
• Bettowia
  Bettowia
  Bettowia is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
  
  
• Baliceaux
  Baliceaux
  Baliceaux is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This island was the site where the English army banished about 5000 Black Caribs following the defeat of Carib...
  
  
• Mustique
  Mustique
  Mustique is a small private island in the West Indies. The island is one of a group of islands called the Grenadines, most of which form part of the country of St Vincent and the Grenadines....
  
  
• Petite Mustique
  Petite Mustique
  Petite Mustique is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
  
  
• Savan
• Petite Canouan
  Petite Canouan
  Petite Canouan is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
  
  
• Canouan
  Canouan
  Canouan is an island in the Grenadines Islands belonging to St Vincent. It is a tiny island, measuring only 3.5 miles by 1.25 miles.A barrier reef runs along the Atlantic side of the island. The highest point on the island is Mount Royal. Two bays, Glossy and Friendship, separate the southern side...
  
  
• Mayreau
  Mayreau
  Mayreau is the smallest inhabited island of the Grenadines, with an area of about 1.5 sq. miles, and a population of about 300. The population is centered in Old Wall village, located on a hilltop in the southwest of the island. It is an isolated community, accessible only by boat. Electricity is...
  
  
• The Tobago Cays
  Tobago Cays
  The Tobago Cays are an archipelago comprising five small uninhabited islands - Petit Rameau, Petit Bateau, Baradol, Petit Tobac and Jamesby - located in the Southern Grenadines. The Tobago Cays are now the key element of the Tobago Cays Marine Park, a national park and wildlife preserve run by the...
  
  
• Union Island
  Union Island
  Union Island is part of the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It the southernmost island of the Grenadines. It lies 90 kilometers southwest of Barbados and is within view of the islands of Carriacou and the mainland of Grenada, which lie directly south.Clifton and Ashton are the two...
  
  
• Petit Saint Vincent
  Petit Saint Vincent
  Petit St. Vincent, known locally as PSV, is an island 40 statute miles south of St. Vincent in the Grenadine islands. It consists of softly rolling hills spread over 113 acres surrounded mostly by two miles of white sand beaches.The island is privately owned. In 1963 Haze Richardson and Doug...
  
  
• Palm Island
  Palm Island, Grenadines
  Palm Island in the Grenadines is a tiny island a mile from Union Island, and only accessible by boat. It has an area of and has five beaches...
  
  
• Mopion

Grenada

Carriacou and Petite Martinique

Carriacou and Petite Martinique

Carriacou and Petite Martinique is the dependency of Grenada, lying north of Grenada island and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Lesser Antilles. The Grenadine islands to the north of Carriacou and Petite Martinique belong to the nation of St...

 are dependencies of Grenada.

• Carriacou 27.5 km² (10.6 sq mi), 7,400, Capital Hillsborough
  Hillsborough, Grenada
  Hillsborough is the largest town on the island of Carriacou, Grenada. The town serves primarily as a retail and administrative centre of both Carriacou and Petite Martinique. It has a population of approximately 1,000 people.-History:...
  
  
• Saline 0.3 km² (74.1 acre), Uninhabited
• Frigate 0.4 km² (98.8 acre), Uninhabited
• Ronde Island
  Ronde Island
  Ronde Island, Grenada is a private island in the Lesser Antilles chain of the Caribbean Sea. The island was listed for sale as of October of 2007 for US$100,000,000, making it currently the most expensive listed island property in the world. Ronde is located approximately 4 miles east of the...
  
   3.2 km² (790.7 acre), Uninhabited
• Large, 0.5 km² (123.6 acre), Uninhabited
• Petite Martinique 3.7 km² (914.3 acre), 550, Capital North Village

External links

• Raffles Resort Canouan Island
• Grenadines Photo Guide from Paradise Islands (non commercial site)