10 Fun Facts About The Netherlands Antilles
- The Netherlands Antilles previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies.
- The Netherlands Antilles are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea: Curaçao and Bonaire, just off the coast of Venezuela and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten.
- The Netherlands Antilles was disbanded as a nation in 2010, with each island becoming countries in their own right.
- These islands once were part of Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- The Netherlands Antilles islands’ are generally hilly with volcanic interiors.
- The island of Saint Martin is shared between France and Netherlands. The southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion, called Saint Martin, is an overseas territory of France.
- Saba is known as “The Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean”. Its the smallest island of the Netherlands Antilles group.
- Â Even though in the English language they are considered part of the Leeward Islands, French, Spanish, Dutch and the English spoken locally.
- Saba and Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten are part of the SSS islands.
- Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire are part of the ABC islands.
