Grenadines


The Grenadines are a chain of small islands that lie on a line between the larger islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Nine are inhabited and open to the public : Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, Union Island, Petit St Vincent, Palm Island and Mayreau, all in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, plus Petite Martinique and Carriacou in Grenada. Several additional privately-owned islands such as Calivigny are also inhabited. Notable uninhabited islands of the Grenadines include Petit Nevis, used by whalers, and Petit Mustique, which was the centre of a prominent real estate scam in the early 2000s.
The northern two-thirds of the chain, including about 32 islands and cays, are part of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The southern third of the chain belongs to the country of Grenada. Carriacou is the largest and most populous of the Grenadines.

Geographic boundaries

They are divided between the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. They lie between the islands of Saint Vincent in the north and Grenada in the south. Neither Saint Vincent nor Grenada are Grenadine islands. The islands north of the Martinique Channel belong to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the islands south of the channel belong to Grenada.

Larger islands of the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The total population of the Grenadine islands within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is estimated to be 10,234.
The following islands make up the Grenadines Parish:
IslandAreaPop.Capital
Northern Grenadines
Bequia5,000Port Elizabeth
Mustique800Lovell
Southern Grenadines
Union Island2,700Clifton
Canouan1,200Port Charlestown
Mayreau280Old Wall
Non-inhabited Grenadines
Palm IslandCactus Hill
Petit Saint VincentTelescope Hill
Tobago Caysmarine reserve
Isle à Quatre
Baliceaux
Bettowia
Petit Mustique
Petit Nevis
Petit Canouan
Savan

Grenada

is a dependency of Grenada and has a population of 10,900 people. Carriacou is the largest of the Grenadine chain. These islands contains:
IslandAreaPop.Capital
Carriacou10,000Hillsborough
Petite Martinique900North Village
Non-inhabited Islands
Ronde Island
Caille Island1.62 km2
Saline Island
Large Island
Frigate Island