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Grenada and its largely uninhabited outlying territories are the most southerly of the Windward Islands. [1] The Grenadine Islands chain consists of some 600 islets; those south of the Martinique Channel belong to Grenada, while those north of the channel are part of the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. [1]
The origin of the name "Grenada" is obscure, but it is likely that Spanish sailors named the island for the Andalusian city of Granada. [8] [16] The name "Granada" was recorded by Spanish maps in the 1520s and referred to the islands to the north as Los Granadillos ("Little Granadas"); [13] although those named islands were deemed the property of the King of Spain, there are no records to ...
A map of Paraguay. Paraguay is a landlocked country with no ocean islands and only a few very small inland islands. River islands ... List of islands of South America.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Grenada: Grenada – sovereign island nation that comprises the Island of Grenada and the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. [1] Grenada is located north of Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
All of the Southern Caribbean islands are small, and are either volcanic or made of limestone coral, as they form at the ridge of the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates. [2] The majority of the islands are covered in tropical rainforests and swamps; the densest of these are in Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Tobago. Various other islands ...
The terminator is visible in this panoramic view across central South America. The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates. Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas, south and east of the Colombia–Panama border by most ...
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