Windward Islands

E15883

archipelago geographical region island group

The Windward Islands are a group of Caribbean islands in the Lesser Antilles, including nations such as Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Dominica, known for their volcanic landscapes and colonial history.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Windward Islands canonical	46
Grenadines	2
British Windward Islands	1
British Windward Islands (historical)	1
Lesser Antilles southern arc	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ geographical region ⓘ island group ⓘ
climateClassification	tropical monsoon climate ⓘ tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
countryIncludes	Dominica ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
economyIncludes	agriculture ⓘ banana production ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	colonial history ⓘ frequent rainfall ⓘ humid climate ⓘ hurricane-prone ⓘ lush vegetation ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ tropical climate ⓘ volcanic origin ⓘ
hasIsland	Barbados ⓘ Bequia ⓘ Bequia ⓘ surface form: Canouan Carriacou ⓘ Dominica ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Guadeloupe ⓘ La Désirade ⓘ Guadeloupe ⓘ surface form: Les Saintes Marie-Galante ⓘ Martinique ⓘ Mustique ⓘ Petit Martinique ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ surface form: Saint Vincent Tobago ⓘ Trinidad ⓘ Union Island ⓘ
historicallyColonizedBy	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
historicallyInvolvedIn	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ sugar plantation economy ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ English-based Creole ⓘ French ⓘ French Creole ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ West Indies ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−04:00 ⓘ
partOf	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

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

British West Indies → hasPart → Windward Islands ⓘ

British West Indies dollar → usedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → hasIslandGroup → Windward Islands ⓘ

Dominica → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

Grenada → region → Windward Islands ⓘ

West Indies → hasPart → Windward Islands ⓘ

Lesser Antilles → hasSubregion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Lesser Antilles → hasIsland → Windward Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grenadines

Tahiti → adminCenterOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago → hasSubregion → Windward Islands ⓘ

British America → hasPart → Windward Islands ⓘ

East Caribbean dollar → usedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grenadines

Dominican → associatedWith → Windward Islands ⓘ

Castries → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Windward Islands (historical)

Vincentian → region → Windward Islands ⓘ

Kingstown → locatedInRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Bequia → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

Antilles → hasPart → Windward Islands ⓘ

Petit Martinique → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

Vieux Fort → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

Society Islands → hasPart → Windward Islands ⓘ

Mont Orohena → region → Windward Islands ⓘ

Colonial government of Trinidad and Tobago → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Windward Islands

Moorea → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

Kenneth Blackburne → workLocation → Windward Islands ⓘ

Dutch Tobago (intermittently) → archipelago → Windward Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Dutch Tobago

Eastern Caribbean → contains → Windward Islands ⓘ

Tetiaroa, French Polynesia → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Tetiaroa

Port of Castries → region → Windward Islands ⓘ

Trois-Îléens → locatedInSubregion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception → geographicRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Grand Anse Beach → region → Windward Islands ⓘ

Colonarie → locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Botanical Gardens, Kingstown → region → Windward Islands ⓘ

Arnos Vale → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

island of Saint Vincent (de facto urban center) → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

Paget Farm → locatedInRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Ocar → geographicRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

La Pompe → locatedInGeographicalRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Georgetown → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

Grenadine Islands → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

island of Saint Vincent → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

Admiralty Bay → locatedInRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

Kingstown Harbour → locatedIn → Windward Islands ⓘ

southern Caribbean → contains → Windward Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles southern arc

Gros Islet District → partOf → Windward Islands ⓘ

Maurice Bishop International Airport → regionServed → Windward Islands ⓘ

Saint George Parish → locatedInArchipelago → Windward Islands ⓘ

Saint Joseph Parish (near boundary) → locatedInRegion → Windward Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Saint Joseph Parish