Saint Kitts and Nevis are considered to be geographically part of the Leeward Islands.

French Polynesia is divided into 5 groups of islands The Society Islands archipelago composed of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands.

The islands are traditionally divided in two geographic regions (with no administrative meaning) Barlavento Islands (windward), the six northern islands and Sotavento Islands (leeward), the four southern ones.

The Sotavento islands (literally, the Leeward ), is the southern island group of Cape Verde archipelago.

The British Virgin Islands were administered variously as part of the British Leeward Islands or with St. Kitts and Nevis, with an administrator representing the British Government on the Islands.

Geography and climate Dominica is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea, the northernmost of the Windward Islands (though it is sometimes considered the southernmost of the Leeward Islands).

Saint George Gingerland, also known as St. George's Gingerland, is a parish in the southeastern part of the island of Nevis, Leeward Islands, West Indies.

Islands The main Lesser Antilles are (from north to south to west) Leeward Islands Virgin Islands St. Thomas (US) St. John (US) St. Croix (US) Water Island (US) Tortola (UK) Virgin Gorda (UK) Anegada (UK) Jost Van Dyke (UK) Anguilla (UK) Sint Maarten (Neth.

Separated by a few nautical miles, Antigua and Barbuda are in the middle of the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 17 N of the equator.

Montserrat () is an island which is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, specifically in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indies.

In 1829, pirates intercepted the Dutch brig Vhan Fredericka in the Leeward Passage between the Virgin Islands, and murdered most of the crew by making them walk the plank with cannonballs tied to their feet.

Captain Hume of HMS Scarborough reported on 6 February that a Pyrate Ship of 36 Guns and 250 men, and a Sloop of 10 Guns and 100 men were Said to be Cruizing amongst the Leeward Islands .

The capital is Roseau which is located on the leeward side of the island.

Leeward side includes South Maui (Kihei, Wailea and Makena) and West Maui (Lahaina, Kaanapali and Kapalua).

The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago the remaining islands constitute the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Spanish Virgin Islands.

The residual Maluku province includes Ambon (the site of the provincial capital) and the other Lease Islands the much larger islands of Seram and Buru the smaller islands lying south and east of Seram the Banda Islands, Gorong Islands, Watubela Islands, Kai Islands and Aru Islands and in the far south the Babar Islands, Damar Islands, Romang, Kisar, the Leti Islands, Tanimbar Islands, and Wetar.

There are two main types of islands continental islands and oceanic islands.

The three main island groupings are the Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, and Line Islands.

E. c. filholi breeds on the Prince Edward Islands, the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Campbell Island, the Auckland Islands and the Antipodes Islands.

It is situated on the leeward side of the Sahyadri mountain range, which forms a barrier from the Arabian sea.

Floating Islands.

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands

In Japanese, the Kuril Islands are known as the Chishima Islands (Kanji , literally, Thousand Islands Archipelago ), also known as the Kuriru Islands (Katakana , literally, Kuril Archipelago ).

Forever Marshall Islands is the national anthem of the Marshall Islands.

Panama Philippines Singapore Turks and Caicos Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Virgin Islands , British Virgin Islands , US Vanuatu Samoa

Turks Islands The Turks Islands are separated from the Caicos Islands by Turks Island Passage, which is more than deep, The islands form a chain that stretches north south.

Small surrounding islands are also part of various Sicilian provinces the Aeolian Islands (Messina), isle of Ustica (Palermo), Aegadian Islands (Trapani), isle of Pantelleria (Trapani) and Pelagian Islands (Agrigento).

British Virgin Islands

Islands of Isolation

Kerguelen Islands 2.

Crozet Islands 3.

The Virgin Islands of the United States (commonly called the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Virgin Islands, or USVI) are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States.

Other islands in the English Channel There are other islands in the English Channel which are not part of the Channel Islands.

The Gilbert Islands ( formerly Kingsmill or King's Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The Faroe Islands national football team represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association.

The Solomon Islands national football team is the national team of Solomon Islands and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation.

Islands There are a number of islands spread all over the city's coastline.

Solomon Islands should not be confused with the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that includes Solomon Islands and Bougainville Island (part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes the nation's outlying islands, such as the Santa Cruz group.

Along with other Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands were then consolidated into the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands governed by the US.

The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association.

The Cook Islands national football team is the national team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association.

Notes See also List of countries by area List of islands (by continent and country) List of islands by name List of islands by population List of islands by highest point List of islands by population density References Most figures are taken from the United Nations Environment Programme list of islands by area.

Tokelau lies north of the Samoan Islands, Swains Island being the nearest, east of Tuvalu, south of the Phoenix Islands, southwest of the more distant Line Islands, and northwest of the Cook Islands.

Wallis and Futuna Islands