Netherlands
12°11′N 68°14′W
Caribbean Netherlands
Part of Caribbean
The Caribbean Netherlands is a geographic region of the Netherlands located outside Europe, in the Caribbean, consisting of three special municipalities. These are the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, as they are also known in legislation, or the BES islands for short.
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The Caribbean Netherlands is a geographic region of the Netherlands located outside Europe, in the Caribbean, consisting of three special municipalities. These are the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, as they are also known in legislation, or the BES islands for short. The islands are officially classified as public bodies in the Netherlands and as overseas territories of the European Union; as such, European Union law does not automatically apply to them. Bonaire (including the islet of Klein Bonaire) is one of the Leeward Antilles and is located close to the coast of Venezuela. Sint Eustatius and Saba are in the main Lesser Antilles group and are located south of Sint Maarten and northwest of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Caribbean Netherlands, a term distinct from the comprehensive Dutch Caribbean, has a population of 31,980.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands0
- Islets0
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Sint Eustatius
- Area
- 20.9 km²
- High point
- 600 m
Sint Eustatius, known locally as Statia, is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands.
Saba
- Area
- 13.1 km²
- High point
- 870 m
Saba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. 3 ft) is the highest point of the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands. The island lies in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies, southeast of the Virgin Islands.
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Comparative heights
- Saba: 870 m
- Sint Eustatius: 600 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
Overlapping groups
Photographs
Bonaire Curacao aerial
Ruins of 18th century warehouses on the beach of Lower Town, St. Eustatius (Caribean Netherlands)
View of Windwardside from Booby Hill
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Bonaire (34769022732). dronepicr / CC BY 2.0
- Lower Town Sint Eustatius. Walter Hellebrand / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Windwardside. Carl Pruneau / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Saba-banner. Radioflux / CC BY-SA 4.0