![]() Kitts, Nevis.ĭutch Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao (part of Leeward Antilles) and Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten (part of Leeward Islands).Ĭaribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius. Leeward Antilles: Southwestern island chain of the Lesser Antilles, sometimes also referred to as southern Caribbean Islands: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and the Venezuelean islands Los Monjes Archipelago, La Tortuga, La Sola, Los Testigos, Los Frailes, Patos, Los Roques Archipelago, La Blanquilla, Los Hermanos, La Orchilla, Las Aves Archipelago, Isla Margarita, Coche, Cubagua.Īnguilla Bank: Anguilla, St. Windward Islands: Southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada. Leeward Islands: Most northern island chain of the Lesser Antilles: Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Sint Maarten (Saint Martin), Saint Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Redonda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Îles des Saintes, Marie-Galante. Southern Lesser Antilles: All islands after Montserrat up to Tobago. Northern Lesser Antilles: All islands from the Virgin Islands, southwards up to and including Montserrat. Lesser Antilles: Northern and Southern Lesser Antilles. Axelrod’s vademecum of plants on Statia uses this definition, but excludes The Virgin Islands. Lesser Antilles s.s.: Leeward Islands and Windward Islands only. ![]() Lesser Antilles s.l.: Leeward Islands and Windward Islands (Lesser Antilles in the strict sense), plus Trinidad and Tobago, Leeward Antilles (Lesser Antilles in the broad sense). Greater Antilles: Grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean: Cuba, Hispaniola (containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands In broadest sense sometimes includes coastal areas of Belize, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas.Ĭaribbean: Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles, sometimes including Lucayan Archipelago.Īntilles: Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles (Caribbean in its narrowest definition) West Indies: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles (in the broad sense), Lucayan Archipelago (Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands). We use the following definitions of geographical areas throughout this database in line with the publication on endemic species of Saba, St. The ABC islands are located off the coast of Venezuela in the souther Caribbean, and the SSS islands are located in the northeastern part of the Caribbean, part of the Lesser Antilles islands chain.īesides the terrestrial areas of these six islands, the following marine areas are included: the Economic Excluse Zones and the Saba Bank. These six islands comprise Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. The Dutch Caribbean Species Register covers the biodiversity of the six islands in the Caribbean that are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |