Leeward Islands

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archipelago geographical region

The Leeward Islands are a group of Caribbean islands in the northeastern West Indies, known for their colonial history, tropical climate, and popular tourist destinations.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
British Leeward Islands 1
Saint Martin 1
Sint Eustatius 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
countryIncludes Anguilla ⓘ
Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Dominica ⓘ
Guadeloupe ⓘ
Montserrat ⓘ
Saint Barthélemy ⓘ
Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
Sint Maarten ⓘ
surface form: Saint Martin

U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMajorIsland Anguilla ⓘ
Antigua ⓘ
Barbuda ⓘ
Guadeloupe ⓘ
Montserrat ⓘ
Nevis ⓘ
Saint Barthélemy ⓘ
Saint Croix ⓘ
Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
surface form: Saint Kitts

Sint Maarten ⓘ
surface form: Saint Martin

Saint Thomas ⓘ
Tortola ⓘ
historicallyColonizedBy Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor beaches ⓘ
colonial history ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
languageMajority English ⓘ
languageSignificant Dutch ⓘ
English-based creole languages ⓘ
French ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
northeastern Caribbean ⓘ
ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Lesser Antilles ⓘ
subjectTo Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
subregionOf Antilles ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Standard Time

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint John → belongsTo → Leeward Islands ⓘ
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands → belongsTo → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Alexander Hamilton → countryOfBirth → Leeward Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Leeward Islands
this entity surface form: Saint Martin
Dutch Caribbean → geographicSubregion → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Caribbean Sea → hasIslandGroup → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Antilles → hasPart → Leeward Islands ⓘ
British America → hasPart → Leeward Islands ⓘ
British West Indies → hasPart → Leeward Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin Islands
British West Indies → hasPart → Leeward Islands ⓘ
West Indies → hasPart → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Virgin Islands Creole English → hasRegion → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Lesser Antilles → hasSubregion → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Anguilla → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
British Virgin Islands → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Montserrat → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Nevis → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Saba → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Saint Barthélemy → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Sint Eustatius → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Tortola → locatedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Basseterre → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Dutch West India Company → notableColony → Leeward Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sint Eustatius
Antigua and Barbuda → partOf → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Redonda → partOf → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Antigua → region → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Charlestown, Nevis → region → Leeward Islands ⓘ
MS → subregion → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Saint Kitts and Nevis → subregion → Leeward Islands ⓘ
Saint Thomas → subregion → Leeward Islands ⓘ
British West Indies dollar → usedIn → Leeward Islands ⓘ