)Windward Islands Dominica (Dominica) Martinique (Fr.

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.

São Nicolau (Portuguese meaning Saint Nicholas) is one of the Barlavento (Windward) islands of Cape Verde.

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).

Before that date, Sint Maarten was part of the island territory of the Windward Islands, together with Saba and Sint Eustatius.

) Saint Lucia (St. Lucia) Barbados (Barbados is a Continental island found east of the Windward chain) Saint Vincent (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) Grenadines (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) Carriacou and Petite Martinique (Grenada) Grenada (Grenada) Tobago Trinidad (Sometimes considered part of the Windward Islands.

Current composition of the Estates of Sint Maarten Corruption In 1978, the government of the Netherlands Antilles installed a Research Committee on the Windward Islands () to investigate claims of corruption in the island government.

The lateen sails gave her speed and the capacity for sailing to windward (beating).

Saint James Windward is the largest of five parishes on the island of Nevis.

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.

It results from the adiabatic warming of air which has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes.

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.

Dennery is both a quarter and a town on the east (windward) coast of the island nation of Saint Lucia.

It was supplied through regular visits from its expedition ship Windward , on which Bruce sailed from London on 9 June 1896.

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

Turks and Caicos Islands

Islands Tokyo has numerous outlying islands, which extend as far as from central Tokyo.