Lesser Antilles

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archipelago geographical region

The Lesser Antilles are a long arc of small Caribbean islands forming the eastern and southern boundary of the Caribbean Sea, known for their tropical climate, beaches, and diverse colonial histories.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Lesser Antilles canonical	339
Lesser Antilles volcanic arc	10
Eastern Caribbean	5
Lesser Antilles island arc	3
Antilles	2
Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc	2
Antilles island chain	1
Arc of the Lesser Antilles	1
Eastern Caribbean island arc	1
Eastern Caribbean islands	1
Insular Caribbean	1
Lesser Antilles (historically)	1
Lesser Antilles Arc	1
Lesser Antilles arc	1
Lesser Antilles area	1
Lesser Antilles island chain	1
Lesser Antilles island states	1
Lesser Antilles islands	1
Other Lesser Antilles (historically)	1
Southern Caribbean	1
The Grenadines	1
Volcanic arc of the Lesser Antilles	1

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
formsBoundaryOf	eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea ⓘ southern boundary of the Caribbean Sea ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical climate ⓘ
hasColonialHistoryWith	Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCountryOrTerritory	Anguilla ⓘ Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ Aruba ⓘ Barbados ⓘ Bonaire ⓘ British Virgin Islands ⓘ Curaçao ⓘ Dominica ⓘ France ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Guadeloupe ⓘ Martinique ⓘ Montserrat ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Saint Barthélemy ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Martin (France) ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ Sint Maarten ⓘ surface form: Sint Maarten (Netherlands) Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
hasEconomyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	coral reefs ⓘ sandy beaches ⓘ volcanic islands ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	La Soufrière ⓘ surface form: La Soufrière (Guadeloupe)
hasIsland	Anguilla ⓘ Antigua ⓘ Aruba ⓘ Barbados ⓘ Barbuda ⓘ Bonaire ⓘ Curaçao ⓘ Dominica ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Windward Islands ⓘ surface form: Grenadines Guadeloupe ⓘ Martinique ⓘ Montserrat ⓘ Nevis ⓘ Saba ⓘ Saint Barthélemy ⓘ Saint Croix ⓘ Sint Eustatius ⓘ surface form: Saint Eustatius Saint John ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ surface form: Saint Kitts Saint Lucia ⓘ Sint Maarten ⓘ surface form: Saint Martin Saint Thomas ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ surface form: Saint Vincent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ Sint Maarten ⓘ Tobago ⓘ Trinidad ⓘ
hasMajorCrops	bananas ⓘ citrus fruits ⓘ cocoa ⓘ nutmeg ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguages	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ English-based creoles ⓘ French ⓘ French-based creoles ⓘ
hasSubregion	Leeward Antilles ⓘ Leeward Islands ⓘ Windward Islands ⓘ
hasVolcanicArc	Lesser Antilles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lesser Antilles volcanic arc
isProneTo	earthquakes ⓘ hurricanes ⓘ tropical storms ⓘ volcanic eruptions ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ
locatedOnTectonicPlate	Caribbean Plate ⓘ
partOf	Caribbean ⓘ West Indies ⓘ

Referenced by (377)

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

U.S. Virgin Islands → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Caribbean → hasSubregion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Charlotte Amalie → locatedInRegion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (associate member) → regionServed → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean

Saint Thomas → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Antillean Creole → primaryRegion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Greater Antilles → comparedWith → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Papiamento → region → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → partOf → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → includesIslandGroup → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Grenadines

Leeward Islands → partOf → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Barbados → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → boundedBy → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Caribbean Sea → hasIslandGroup → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Dominica → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Dominica → region → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean

Windward Islands → partOf → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Saint Lucia → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Grenada → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → associatedWithFeature → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

Caribbean Plate → influencesRegion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → hasVolcanicArc → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles arc

Virgin Islands National Park → region → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Antigua and Barbuda → region → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Saint Kitts and Nevis → subregion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Nevis → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Charlotte Amalie Harbor → regionServed → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean

Charlotte Amalie Harbor → archipelago → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

West Indies → hasPart → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Guadeloupe → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Montserrat → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Saint John → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Lesser Antilles → hasVolcanicArc → Lesser Antilles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

Martinique → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Martinique → partOf → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Insular Caribbean

OECS → regionServed → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean

OECS → subregion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Regional Security System → regionServed → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Caribbean

British Virgin Islands → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Virgin Islands Creole English → hasRegion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Saint Croix → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Cyril E. King Airport → servesRegion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Saba → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago → includes → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Aruba → locatedIn → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Curaçao → partOf → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

Curaçao → subregion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Caribbean

Carib languages → geographicDistribution → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Antilles (historically)

Kwéyòl → languageRegion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ

voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas → exploredRegion → Lesser Antilles ⓘ