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Archipelago

    Caribbean SeaNetherlands and France

    15°08′N 66°31′W

    CAS countries

    Part of Leeward Islands

    Parish burial ground next to the Church of Holy Mary, Santa Cruz, Aruba
    Parish burial ground next to the Church of Holy Mary, Santa Cruz, Aruba

    Caribiana / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Chart

    30 landforms

    Major islands

    3
    • Aruba

      Aruba

      Area
      179 km²
      High point
      188 m

      Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is an island constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of Curaçao.

    • Saint Martin

      Saint Martin

      Area
      72.7 km²
      High point
      418 m

      Sint Maarten, officially the Country of Sint Maarten, is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America.

    • Curaçao

      Area
      428 km²
      High point
      372 m

      Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is an island country located in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of Venezuela and 80 km (50 mi) southeast of Aruba.

    Islets

    7

    Rocks & skerries

    20
    • Pelican Key<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Pelican Rock<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m418 mSaint Martin372 mCuraçao188 mAruba11 mGrand Îlet11 mPrincess Port de Plaisance Resort7 mGreen Cay4 mIsle de Sol1 mLittle Key
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.0000010.000010.00010.0010.010.11101001,000Curaçao: 428 km²CuraçaoAruba: 179 km²ArubaSaint Martin: 72.7 km²Saint MartinGreen Cay: 0.06 km²Green CayIsle de Sol: 0.05 km²Isle de SolGrand Îlet: 0.05 km²Grand ÎletUnnamed island: 0.04 km²Unnamed islandPrincess Port de Plaisance Resort: 0.02 km²Princess Port de …Little Key: 0.2 haLittle KeyUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandPelican Key: <0.1 haPelican KeyUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandPelican Rock: <0.1 haPelican RockUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Curaçao428 km²
    Aruba179 km²
    Saint Martin72.7 km²
    Green Cay0.06 km²
    Isle de Sol0.05 km²
    Grand Îlet0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Princess Port de Plaisance Resort0.02 km²
    Little Key0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Pelican Key<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Pelican Rock<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Overlapping groups

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata

    Photographs