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	Leeward Islands
		Leeward Islands - The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [Detail]
		Remote and still relatively pristine, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands stretch like jewels 1,200 miles into the Pacific.
		Leeward Islands - About 70 percent of all coral reefs in U.S. waters are in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), a remote chain of small islands and atolls that stretches for more than 1,000 nautical miles (nm) northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands.
	www.hawaii-search.com /Leeward-Islands (171 words)

	Leeward Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles.
		Thus, the Leeward Islands are downwind, on the backside, or leeward from the Windward Islands, the group of islands that first meet the Trade Winds coming from the south.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leeward_Islands (554 words)

	Leeward Islands (Society Islands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880.
		Administratively, the Leeward Islands form the administrative subdivion of the Leeward Islands (la subdivision administrative des Îles Sous-le-Vent), one of French Polynesia's five administrative subdivisions (subdivision administratives).
		Geographically, the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands (la subdivision administrative des Îles Sous-le-Vent) is identical with the electoral circumscription of the Leeward Islands (circonscription des Îles Sous-le-Vent), one of French Polynesia's 6 electoral districts/circumscriptions (circonsriptions électorales) for the Assembly of French Polynesia (see also Politics of French Polynesia).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leeward_Islands_(Society_Islands) (396 words)

	AllRefer.com - Leeward Islands (Caribbean Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Leeward Islands[lOO´urd, yOO´–, lE´–] Pronunciation Key, northern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, extending SE from Puerto Rico to the Windward Islands.
		The principal islands are the American Virgin Islands; the French island and overseas dept. of Guadeloupe and its dependencies; the Dutch islands of St.
		Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda; and the islands of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LeewardI.html (403 words)

	Alohacyberian of Hawaii - The Leeward Islands with Keith Martin
		The Hawaiian Islands are isolated from the rest of the coral reef ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean.
		The Leeward Islands of Hawaii are one of the last frontiers on the planet where few people go or have ever visited and nature exists unspoiled by human advancement.
		The island is a nesting area for shearwaters, petrels, tropicbirds, boobies, frigatebirds, albatrosses, terns and noddies.
	home.att.net /~hawaii/vLeeward.html (5425 words)

	NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS: LANDSLIDES IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
		The Leeward Islands are found north of the Windward Islands extending to just east of the Virgin Islands between latitudes 15° 45' N to 18° 35'N longitudes 61° 45'W 63° 20'W (Rand McNally, 1988).
		The limestone islands tend to be weathered to a topography limestone islands tend to be weathered to a topography consisting of low hills.
		The physical characteristics of the islands and known landslide activity in the Windward Islands serves as a basis for inferred landslide conditions.
	www.mona.uwi.edu /uds/Land_Leewards.html (748 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Leeward Islands dry forests (NT0220)
		The Leeward Islands are found north of the Windward Islands extending to just east of the Virgin Islands between latitudes 15° 45' N to 18° 35' N and longitudes 61° 45' W to 63° 20' W (Rand McNally 1988).
		Formiferal or oolitic limestone underlies the remaining islands in the outer belt or arc of islands including Guadeloupe's offshore islands of Marie Galante and Desirade, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Barthelemy, St Martin, and Anguilla (Donovan and Jackson 1994).
		The amount of diversity and number of island endemics in the Lesser Antilles is related to island size, diversity of habitat, and distance from the mainland or another island.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0220_full.html (2027 words)

	Caribbean Islands - Chapter 5. The Leeward Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The term leeward islands is derived from the course taken by most of the sailing ships that voyaged from Britain to the Caribbean.
		After progressing through the islands most to windward, which came to be known as the Windwards, these ships rounded off their voyages with the islands most to leeward--Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Christopher (hereafter, St. Kitts), Nevis, Anguilla, and the Virgin Islands, among others.
		One legacy of this is the absence of Frenchinfluenced creole languages among the inhabitants of the Leewards.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-3295.html (711 words)

	Leeward Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The colonial flag of Leeward Islands was used between 1871 and 1956 in the Caribbean.
		Although it is probable that the Leeward Islands badge was designed by the first governor, it seems that the idea that the four pineapples on the badge represent him and his family was a joke.
		Elements of the arms granted to the Leeward Islands on 10 April 1909 became the flag badges of the individual island groups when the Federation was dissolved in 1956.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-leewa.html (1038 words)

	Leeward Islands
		The Eastern Caribbean is divided roughly into two sets of islands: those that receive the Trade Winds first, that is, the Windward Islands, and those that are a bit to the west, the Leeward Islands.
		Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Guadeloupe, to the south and west of the other chain, are all tall, volcanic islands with lush tropical rain forests and semi-active volcanoes.
		Although the 2 islands are right next to each other, and you might not even realize that you'd crossed from one to the other (they're only separated by a small stream) we believe the 2 wings are actually on different tectonic plates.
	www.hackingfamily.com /Landfalls/Leewards/leeward_islands.htm (275 words)

	Leeward Island - Air Tahiti Magazine on-board magazine of the airplane company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The nine Leeward Islands are from east to west, Huahine, Raiatea, Taha'a, Bora Bora, Tupai, Maupiti, Maupihaa, Motu One and Manuae.
		The submersion of the composite volcanic structure that gave rise to the islands was responsible for the separation of the two islands by 5km of lagoon within the same complex.
		Bora Bora is rightly considered as the archetypal tropical volcanic island evolved to the stage of having a large encircling reef with motu balancing the partly eroded away and submerged remains of its central construction.
	www.airtahitimagazine.com /us_version/tahiti_mag.asp?num=39&art=2 (1398 words)

	Leeward Islands
		The main European influence on the Leeward Islands might be British, but indigenous Caribbean culture is here, too, in the exuberant local carnivals, reggae, rasta, and the studied art of relaxation.
		Slaves brought to the island by prospective planters were soon turned loose to scratch a living from the thin, sandy soil; they developed a local reputation for carpentry and boat building.
		The islands sunk into an impoverished backwater status, administered under the presidency of the Leeward Islands until 1967, when associated statehood brought a degree of autonomy.
	www.caribbeantown.com /leeward_islands.htm (874 words)

	NASA RP 1383: Weather: The Leeward Islands
		Almost all of the two islands lies within the zone of totality, but for most observers, the most northerly points of land will be the most attractive.
		In all Caribbean islands the rainfall and cloudiness are related to topography.
		Still, there is no doubt that cloud cover on the Leeward Islands is heavier than farther west along the South American coast, but if eclipses on sandy beaches with overhanging palm trees appeal to you, then the Leewards are a choice location.
	umbra.nascom.nasa.gov /eclipse/980226/text/weather-leewards.html (936 words)

	Sailing St. Barts, Caribbean - St. Marting, Saba, Statia, St. Barts
		The Islands That Brush The Clouds, consisting of Saba, Statia, St. Kitts, Nevis, and Monserat are five small volcanic islands that rise steeply from the sea till their peaks touch the clouds.
		Phillipsburg, the capital of Sint Maarten (Dutch), is on the southern coast of the island.
		The island lacks beaches and attracts visitors to its isolated Caribbean style and villages of white-washed, red roofed cottages that are of a time in the last century.
	www.usac.com /trips/StBarts.html (1362 words)

	Turquoise Net - Windward and Leeward Islands Map
		The Windward Islands consist of the French island of Martinique and the former British Windward Islands).
		The Leeward Islands are the northern group of the Lesser Antilles extending SE from Puerto Rico to the Windward Islands.
		The principal islands are the United States Virgin Islands, the French island of Guadeloupe and its dependencies, the Dutch Antilles islands of St.
	www.turq.com /leewind.html (190 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - LEEWARD ISLANDS
		The Leeward Islands were a British colony in the Caribbean, established in 1871.
		Dominica was transferred to the Windward Islands Colony on 31 December 1939.
		In 1958 the Leeward Islands were incorporated into the British West Indies Federation, whereas later Antigua and Barbuda, as well as St. Kitts and Nevis became independent.
	www.ngw.nl /int/car/leeward.htm (282 words)

	Leeward Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Stone towers dot the island, remnants of the sugar mills of past centuries that created the demand for slaves from Africa.
		A beautiful island with high mountains, lush rain forests, and smooth roads, thanks to the French taxpayers.
		Unfortunately we have NO pictures of these beautiful islands because of the loss of our storage locker in the USA.
	www.longpassages.org /leeward_islands.htm (399 words)

	Adventures Cross Country \| Caribbean Leeward Islands Adventure
		Reminiscent of a Swiss alpine village that was plunked down into the Caribbean, the island of Saba retains a secluded and distinct charm.
		Native Caribs once called St. Kitts “The Fertile Island” and Nevis, its sister island, “Land of Beautiful Waters.” Old sugar cane mills and plantation estates sprinkle the slopes of lush volcanic peaks on St. Kitts, while Nevis flourishes with fl sand beaches and the elusive green vervet monkey.
		On both islands, the pace of life is blissfully slow, no building can be taller than a palm tree, and the locals are always happy to chat.
	www.adventurescrosscountry.com /trips/leeward.htm (635 words)

	Leeward Islands sailing includes Antigua, St. Barths, St. Kitts in our Delta teen summer camp program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There’s nothing between the Leeward Islands and the west coast of Africa but the Atlantic Ocean, so the trade winds blow a little fresher than in the BVI.
		This island is the highest point in the Netherland Antilles, and its picturesque villages seem to cling to clefts in the rock.
		This island suffered a major blow ten years ago when Mt Soufriére erupted, covering the southern half of the island in mud and ash.
	www.sailcaribbeandivers.com /destinations/leeward (1204 words)

	Leeward Islands (French Polynesia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There are the main islands of Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa and Bora Bora along with the atoll of Tupai and the island of Maupiti.
		The Leeward Islands cover an area of 405 square kilometers and have a population of 26,838 (1996 census).
		According to the Flags of Paradise chart [brt96], the flag of the Leeward Islands Federation is red with five white stars placed 2, 1 and 2.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pf-li.html (160 words)

	CNN.com - Weather - Debby becomes hurricane, threatens Leeward Islands - August 22, 2000
		Maarten -- Hurricane Debby raced toward the northern Leeward Islands early Tuesday -- it was upgraded from a tropical storm.
		The Leeward Islands from Anguillua and St. Eustatius westward through the British and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and its surrounding islands, and the north coast of the Dominican Republic
		On the island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic issued a tropical storm warning for some of the country while Haiti issued a hurricane watch for the north of the country.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WEATHER/08/22/storm.debby (1161 words)

	Antigua and Barbuda
		1747 - 1816 the Governors of the Leeward Islands
		1871 - 1936 the Governors of the Leeward Islands
		In celebration of the birth of his son, and with certain influence of the abundance of the alcohol, Matthew Shiel proclaimed the island for himself as a kingdom, and himself as King Matthew I. Seven years later Britain took possession from the island ignoring the claim of Shiel.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Antigua_and_Barbuda.html (1198 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Leeward Islands xeric scrub (NT1310)
		It is found either as a coastal band or in the case of islands such as Anguilla and Antigua, it encompasses nearly the entire island.
		Thus, larger islands such as those from Guadeloupe and south into the Windward islands have relatively high diversity and a higher degree of endemic flora and fauna.
		On islands such as the US and British Virgin Islands, large portions are encompassed by this xeric ecoregion.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1310_full.html (1955 words)

	Leeward Islands Caribbean Sailing Adventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sail away to a Caribbean that is lush and richly tropical – a dramatic Caribbean of high mountain peaks, brilliant reefs, and rainforests teeming with exotic life.
		These are the Leeward Islands, a sailor’s joy, promising perfect trade winds and tucked away harbors in the fabled ports.
		Your ship’s sails gleam in the sun as she threads her way between lush volcanic islands in a sea that is so incredibly blue, you'll know why the Caribbean is considered "heaven on earth".
	www.creativetravel.com /glt1/OliviaEvents/Nov222003/Leeward.htm (288 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Leeward Islands, 1871-1956
		They were rarely used, as the individual islands still issued stamps, and the islanders preferred to use these (local patriotism).
		The Leeward Islands was a federation of colonies; the individual island colonies preserved a large degree of autonomy and identity.
		In 1956, the federation was dissolved; in 1958, the individual island colonies joined the FEDERATION OF THE WEST INDIES.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/caribbean/leeward18711956.html (149 words)

	Cybertrips: Try one of the Leeward Islands -- Dutch, French or British (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Getting there might take a little extra effort, or sometimes a smaller airplane, but some of the small islands in the chain known as the Leeward Islands are sunny refuges from winter where you can dive and fish or just bake on a beach.
		There are a number of islands in this group standing between the Atlantic and the Caribbean, but you might consider getting acquainted with a small group of neighbors: Anguilla, St. Maarten, St. Bart's and Saba.
		This is another tiny island, covering only about 5 square miles, but you can keep busy diving at the Saba Marine Park and other spots, or trying out their tropical rock climbing.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06030/643532.stm (634 words)

	Map of Antigua Island Luxury Resort
		Antigua, known as a haven for sailing, is located in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator.
		To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadeloupe, and to the north and west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barbs and St. Martin.
		At approximately 108 square miles, Antigua is the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands and has a population of 68,000.
	www.grandroyalantiguan.com /area.htm (340 words)

	Lottery Post: GTech to buy Leeward Islands Lottery
		It said the acquisition of privately held Leeward Islands Lottery Holding Co., based in Antigua and St. Croix, gives it an entry to an important market.
		Leeward recently obtained a 10-year video lottery terminal license in the Turks and Caicos Islands and a confirmation that its existing license in the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts and Nevis allows for the installation of video lottery gaming.
		It said it expects the Leeward acquisition to be neutral to earnings this fiscal year.
	www.lotterypost.com /threads84459.htm (529 words)

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