Podwietrzne Wyspy, Leeward Islands |
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The archipelago was discovered by James Cook on the 12th of April 1769 during the British expedition to observe the transit of Venus. On this first voyage (he subsequently revisited the islands twice) he named the Leeward group of islands Society in honor of the Royal Society. The islands became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. The Leeward Islands also refers to a British colony in these islands, consisting of Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and (to 1940) Dominica, from 1671 to 1816 and again from 1833 to 1960. The colony was known as the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871 to 1956 and the Territory of the Leeward Islands from 1956 to 1960. |
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1. Dependency status: The Leeward Islands are part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia 2. Government type: none 3. Location: northern islands of the Lesser Antilles 4. Border Countries: none (island) 5. Climate: Mild climate has contributed to an abundant flora and some southern European varieties of flowers. More varieties of vegetation can be found here than in any other part of Finland6. Terrain: The islands are mountainous, and are good examples of volcanic rock. They are formed of trachyte, dolerite and basalt. There are raised coral beds high up the mountains, and lava occurs in a variety of forms, even in solid flows. All active volcanic agency has so long ceased that the craters have been almost entirely obliterated by erosion. 7. Area: 3100 km2 8. Capital: none 9. Administrative divisions: none; The Leeward Islands:: The Virgin Islands,
Anguilla,
Saint Martin (Guadeloupe (north part) and Netherlands Antilles (south part)),
Saba (Netherlands Antilles),
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles) 10. Population: 25.706 11. Languages: Swedish 12. Religions: Anglican, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Baptist, Roman Catholic, other 13. Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD) |
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