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ST MAARTEN

  It is the world’s smallest territory shared between two countries : France and The Netherlands. St Martin’s area is 52 sq km ; St Maarten represents 34 sq km. The island’s topography is diverse. It is composed of coasts, plains ans small valleys, in the centre. The highest point – Pic Paradis (Paradise Peak […]

ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

  St Vincent and The Grenadines represent 389 sq km. St Vincent is 90% of the country with 345 sq km ; the rest of the area is shared out between 31 rocks and little islands ; Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Bequia and Union Island are among a dozen inhabited islands. St Vincent is a luxuriant […]

ST MARTIN

  It is the world’s smallest territory shared between two countries : France and The Netherlands. St Martin’s area is 52 sq km ; St Maarten represents 34 sq km. The island’s topography is diverse. It is composed of coasts, plains ans small valleys, in the centre. The highest point – Pic Paradis (Paradise Peak […]

ST KITTS & NEVIS

  St Kitts’ area is 176 sq km. In the centre of the island, there is range of mountains. The highest point is Liamuiga Mount (1 156 m), an extinct volcano whose high sides are covered with a rainforest. Nevis’ area is 93 sq km. In the centre of the island, there is Nevis Peak […]

ST EUSTATIUS

  St Eustatius (in Dutch) or St Anastasia is 31 sq km. Cliffs surround almost the whole island, there are only three beaches. A large part of its territory is very dry, there is no river. In the coast grow small scrubs, various tropical plants and flowers (pink laurel, bougainvilleas…). In the north, there are […]

ST LUCIA

  St Lucia land’s area is 616 sq km. The centre of the island is very mountainous. The tallest point is Mont Gimie (950m), located in the south-west. In Soufrière town, the twin volcanic peaks overlook the Caribbean Sea and the rainforest : Little Peak (750m) and Big Peak (798m) which are listed as a […]

ST BARTHÉLEMY

  Saint Barthélemy land’s area is about 21 sq km. It is, morever, the smallest French collectivity in the West Indies. St Barth is surrounded with several rocky islets ; the largest, Île Fourchue, is a volcanic crater. Its landscape is mountainous, its very dry vegetation is comprised of cacti, bougainvilleas, for example. The worldlife […]

SABA

  In the past nicknamed “The Virgin Queen of the West Indies” or “The Island of Women”, Saba is an emerged part of an extinct volcano for 5000 years ago whose highest point is Scenery Mount (887m). Its area is 13 sq km. There is no river. The middle of the island is mountainous and […]

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

  The Dominican Republic is the eastern part of Hispaniola  ; the western part is Haiti. The whole area is 48 717 sq km. The topography is very mountainous. Indeed, there are several ranges of mountains – Cordillera Oriental  ; Cordillera Septentrional  ; Sierra de Neyba and Sierra de Baoruco in the south-west  ; Cordillera […]

PUERTO RICO

  Situated east of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico is the smallest island of the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica). It is 61 km long and 56 km wide. With its cays and islets (Vieques, Culebra, Caja de Muertas, Palominos, Cayo Icacos, Cayo Luis Peña…). Puerto Rico’s area is 9 060 sq […]