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Windward Islands

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The Windward Islands are a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, situated where the southeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western North Atlantic Ocean. They extend from Dominica in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south, lying south of the Leeward Islands and east of the Leeward Antilles. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Windward Islands (Wikipedia)
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    The Windward Islands are a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean region of the Americas, situated where the southeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western North Atlantic Ocean.
  • In Discipline: Oceanography, Lead paragraph
    The Windward Islands are a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean region of the Americas, situated where the southeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western North Atlantic Ocean
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Wikidata: Windward Islands
Wikidata Q183416, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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