Antigua and Barbuda is an
island nation
located in the eastern
Caribbean Sea
, on the sea's boundary with the
Atlantic Ocean
. There are two major islands -
Antigua
(
IPA
:
/ænˈtiːgə/
) and
Barbuda
(
/bɑrˈbjuːdə/
), which are close neighbors within the middle of the
Leeward Islands
, roughly degrees north of the equator.
The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are part of the
Lesser Antilles
archipelago
. To the south of Antigua and Barbuda lie the islands of
Guadeloupe
,
Dominica
,
Martinique
,
Saint Lucia
,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
,
Barbados
,
Grenada
and
Trinidad and Tobago
.
Montserrat
lies to the southwest;
Saint Kitts and Nevis
and
Saint Eustatius
are to the west, and
Saint Barthélemy
,
Saint Martin
and
Anguilla
are to the northwest. |