833°W / -17.533; -149.833 The Leeward Islands (French: Îles Sous-le-vent, French pronunciation: [il suləvɑ̃], lit. 'Islands Under-the-Wind'; Tahitian: Fenua...
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Polynesia (see also Politics of French Polynesia). Leeward Islands (Society Islands) Geography portal Islands portal Oceania portal Institut Statistique de...
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Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands; however, Cook wrote in his journal that he called the islands Society "as...
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Caribbean (formerly the Netherlands Antilles) that are located within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. In order of population...
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Look up Leeward Islands in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Leeward Islands is the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles. Leeward Islands may also refer...
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north-west of Anguilla. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles...
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Islands also known as the Leeward Hawaiian Islands, are a series of islands and atolls located northwest of Kauai and Niʻihau in the Hawaiian island chain...
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Leeward Islands Windward Islands, Leeward Islands and Leeward Antilles (in the Lesser Antilles) Windward Islands and Leeward Islands (in the Society Islands)...
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Maupiti, in the South Pacific. It is the westernmost of the Society Islands' Leeward Islands, located 217 mi. (350 km) west of Bora Bora and 342 mi. (550 km)...
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Îles Sous-le-Vent may refer to Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Leeward Islands (Society Islands), in the southern Pacific Ocean This disambiguation page...
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Lesser Antilles (redirect from Lesser Antillean islands)
the Virgin Islands, swings southeast through the Leeward and Windward Islands towards South America, and turns westward through the Leeward Antilles along...
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Partial islands, atolls, reefs—those west of Niʻihau are uninhabited except Midway Atoll—form the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Leeward Islands): Nihoa...
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Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. The islands have a tropical climate. The U.S. Virgin Islands consist...
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Motu One, also known as Bellinghausen, is an atoll in the Leeward group of the Society Islands, in the South Pacific. Motu One is located 550 km northwest...
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The annexation of the Leeward Islands (French: Annexion des îles Sous-le-vent) or the Leewards War (French: Guerre des îles Sous-le-vent) was a series...
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Tupai (redirect from Motu Iti (Society Islands))
low-lying atoll in Society Islands, French Polynesia. It lies 19 km to the north of Bora Bora and belongs to the western Leeward Islands (French: Îles Sous-le-vent)...
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British West Indies (redirect from British West India Islands)
Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands), Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, and the Leeward Islands. Between 1958 and 1962, all of the island territories...
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Hawaiian Islands (also known as the Leeward Islands) are the small islands and atolls in the Hawaiian island chain located northwest of the larger islands of...
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154º W longitude. The islands comprise two groups, the Windward Islands (French: Îles du Vent) to the east and the Leeward Islands (French: Îles Sous-le-vent)...
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Hurricane Irma (redirect from Effects of Hurricane Irma on the Leeward Islands)
tropical cyclone that was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered...
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Takaroa Tatakoto Tureia Austral Islands Raivavae Rapa Iti Rimatara Rurutu Tubuai (chef-lieu) Leeward Islands (Society Islands) Bora-Bora Huahine Maupiti Tahaa...
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outlying islands except the Solander Islands. Ecologically, the islands are part of the Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra ecoregion. The islands are inscribed...
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The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and...
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Maupiti (redirect from Maupiti Island)
Maupiti is an island in the western Leeward Islands in French Polynesia. It is the westernmost volcanic island in the archipelago, 315 kilometres (196...
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Bora Bora (category Islands of the Society Islands)
Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia...
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Islands constitute one of the five administrative divisions (subdivisions administratives) of French Polynesia. The capital of the Marquesas Islands'...
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archipelago of the Virgin Islands of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. Geologically separated from the Greater Antilles island of Hispaniola by the...
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Dutch Caribbean (redirect from Islands of the Netherlands Antilles)
Sint Maarten (within the Leeward Islands group) Politically, by constitutional status (in order of population size): CAS islands, for Curaçao, Aruba, and...
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Benjamin Pine (category Governors of the Leeward Islands)
various times administrator of Natal, the Gold Coast, Antigua, the Leeward Islands and Western Australia. Born in 1809 in Maidstone Kent, Benjamin Pine...
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Raʻiātea (category Islands of the Society Islands)
Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia, in the South Pacific Ocean. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in...
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