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This British territory south of Cuba is comprised of three islands: Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. Its relaxed tax laws make it an appealing place to buy real estate (and for ...
Guadeloupe (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d ə ˈ l uː p / [ɡwad(ə)lup] ⓘ; Guadeloupean Creole French: Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. [4] It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. [5]
1n 1994 Bowie sold the estate for 5m U.S. dollars to business tycoon and poet Felix Dennis who renamed the villa Mandalay. [9] [5] Dennis was keen to preserve the villa as Bowie had intended [10] Dennis wrote Island Dreams – 99 poems from Mustique at the house. [11]
Dominica is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea with the Guadeloupe to the north and Martinique to the south. Main pages: List of islands of Dominica and Category:Islands of Dominica The island nation of Dominica with a total area of 750 km 2 (290 sq mi) includes two small, off-shore islands and one disputed island: [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
Note that Bermuda is a member nation of the Caribbean Community, though the island nation lies in the North Atlantic Ocean, not in the Caribbean. Other than 13 Caribbean island countries, four continental mainland countries, namely Honduras, Belize, Guyana, and Suriname, have also been included in the following table (by United Nations geoscheme).
The Caribbean islands are often in the path of tropical hurricanes. Located in a very exposed region, Marie-Galante has to face many cyclones. The island is subject to the passage of hurricanes from May to November. They form locally in the West Indies or off Cape Verde, in Africa, and drift in the easterly trade winds.
Mustique has several coral reefs.The land fauna includes tortoises, herons, iguanas and many other species. The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of lesser Antillean swifts, green-throated caribs, Antillean crested hummingbirds, brown pelicans, Cabot's and royal terns, Grenada flycatchers, Saint Vincent ...
STORM SURGE: A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1 to 3 feet above ground level for the eastern coast of Puerto Rico from San Juan to Guayama, including the islands of Culebra and ...