Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles (also known as the Caribbees[1]) are a group of islands between the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. They are east and south of the Greater Antilles. Some of the islands are also just off the northern coast of South America. Unlike the Greater Antilles, which are made up of continental rock, the Lesser Antilles, are mostly young volcanic or coral islands.

Lesser Antilles Kleine Antillen  (Dutch) Petites Antilles  (French) Antiyas Minores  (Papiamento) Antillas Menores  (Spanish)
Region of the Caribbean
Location within the Caribbean.
Region	Caribbean
Island States	21  Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Barbados  Bonaire  British Virgin Islands Caribbean Netherlands  Curaçao  Dominica  Grenada  Guadeloupe  Martinique  Montserrat  Saint Barthélemy  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Martin  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Sint Maarten  Trinidad and Tobago  United States Virgin Islands
Area
• Total	13,012 km2 (5,024 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	3,735,636
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Demonym	Lesser Antillean
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−3 (ADT)

Location of the Lesser Antilles (green) in comparison to the rest of the Caribbean.