Climate of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island state in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island arc of the Caribbean Sea in North America. The country consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines, a chain of small islands stretching south from Saint Vincent to Grenada. Its total land area is 390 km² of which 342.7 km² is the island of Saint Vincent. The country's capital is at Kingstown on Saint Vincent.

Table of Islands [edit]

The main island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Saint Vincent. Its geography is mostly mountainous and includes very little level ground. There is also a large difference between the coastlines on each side of the island. The windward side is very rocky, while the leeward side consists of many sandy beaches and has many more bays. The island's as well as the country's highest peak is the volcanic Soufrière at 1234 m. There are several tiny islets offshore of Saint Vincent including Young Island and the Cow And Calves Islands.

the List of islands from North to South :

Nr	Island	Capital	Other Cities	Area (km²)	Population
1	St. Vincent Group	Kingstown	Georgetown, Byera Village, Biabou, Chateaubelair,	342.8	109010
1.1	St. Vincent Island	Kingstown	Georgetown, Byera Village, Biabou, Chateaubelair,	342.7	109000
1.2	Young Island	Young Island dock	Ilha de Forte, South Point, Sunset Point	0.07	10
1.3	Other Islands	Cow And Calves Islands		0.03	0
2	Grenadines (Northern)	Port Elizabeth	Dover, Derrick, Ashton, Bednoe, Charlestown, Cheltenham, Clifton, Friendship, Lovell, Old Wall, Paget Farm, Hamilton	47.23	11000
2.1	Bequia	Port Elizabeth	Hamilton, Belmont, Paget Farm, Derrick	17.00	5900
2.2	Petite Nevis	Eileen Corea mansion		0.29	0
2.3	Quatre	Grand Bay	Mitchell mansion	1.52	0
2.4	Bettowia	Landing point		0.71	0
2.5	Baliceaux	Landing Bay		1.29	0
2.6	Mustique	Lovell	Britannia bay, Dover,	5.70	800
2.7	Petite Mustique			0.40	0
2.8	Savan	North Point		0.11	0
2.9	Petite Canouan			0.20	0
2.10	Canouan	Charlestown	nen’s bay, Glossy, Taffia, Friendship, Barbruce, Riley bay, Carenage, Mysore bay, mahault bay, L’Ance guyac, cato bay,	7.60	1200
2.11	Mayreau	old wall	L’Ance bandeau, saltwhistle bay, saline bay, windward bay,	2.10	280
2.12	Tobago Cays	Petit Bateau	Petit Rameau, Baradol, Jamesby, Petit Tobac	0.25	0
2.13	Union Island	Clifton	Ashton,	9.00	2700
2.14	Mopion			0.002	0
2.15	Petit Saint Vincent	telescope hill	west end beach, Caribbean beach, windy hill, windy harbor, Cross Point, Chevalier Point, atlantic beach, Conch Bay	0.46	80
2.16	Palm Island	Cactus Hill	Sunset grill beach, north beach,	0.54	30
2.17	Other Islands		Pigeon Island, Pillories Islands, Rabbit island, Dove cay, Catholic Island, Punaise	0.06	0
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Georgetown, Byera Village, Biabou, P. Elizabeth, Chateaubelair,	390	120000

The remainder of the Grenadines to the south are administered by Grenada.

Resources and land use [edit]

Natural resources: hydropower, cropland

Land use:
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 18%
permanent pastures: 5%
forests and woodland: 36%
other: 31% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: 10 km² (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: hurricanes; Soufrière on the island of Saint Vincent is a constant threat

Environment - current issues: pollution of coastal waters and shorelines from discharges by pleasure yachts and other effluents; in some areas, pollution is severe enough to make swimming prohibitive

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

Geography - note: the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada

Notes [edit]

The Islands area and population data retrieved from the 2012 census

External links [edit]

http://www.CanouanIsland.com
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines travel guide from Wikivoyage

References [edit]

61°14′W / 13.167; -61.233

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