Antigua and Barbuda



Antigua and Barbuda

Definition

Antigua and Barbuda is an island nation located on the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.

Antigua and Barbuda are part of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.

Antigua and Barbuda is north of the islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.

Montserrat lies to the southwest of Antigua and Barbuda; Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Eustatius are west of Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin and Anguilla are to the northwest of Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua and Barbuda consist of two major islands" Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda also have a number of smaller islets and they are close neighbours within the middle of the Leeward Islands

In Spanish Antigua and Barbuda mean "Ancient" and "Bearded"

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