Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Grenadines is an administrative parish
of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
. Its capital is Port Elizabeth
.
The parish includes the northern Grenadine Islands:
Parishes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
||Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is divided into six parishes.Five parishes are on the island of Saint Vincent, while the Grenadines Parish include the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines.-External links:* , Statoids.com...
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....
. Its capital is Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Port Elizabeth is a town located on the island of Bequia, which is part of the Grenadines island chain. It is the capital of Grenadines Parish.-See also:* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
.
- Area: 43 km² (16 mi²)
- Population: 9,200 (2000 estimates)
The parish includes the northern Grenadine Islands:
- BequiaBequiaBequia 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 NevisPetite NevisPetit 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...
- QuatreQuatreQuatre 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....
- BettowiaBettowiaBettowia 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...
- BaliceauxBaliceauxBaliceaux 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...
- MustiqueMustiqueMustique 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 MustiquePetite MustiquePetite 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 CanouanPetite CanouanPetite 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...
- CanouanCanouanCanouan 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...
- MayreauMayreauMayreau 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 CaysTobago CaysThe 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 IslandUnion IslandUnion 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 VincentPetit Saint VincentPetit 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 IslandPalm Island, GrenadinesPalm 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
External links
- Parishes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Statoids.com