SINT MAARTEN
Geography and Landscape
Geography
Sint Maarten is an island in the Caribbean Sea, named after Sint Martin (Martin of Tours). It is located 240 kilometres east of Puerto Rico, and south of Anguilla, and belongs to the Lesser Antilles. Sint Maarten is divided into a French and a Dutch part. The Dutch part belongs to the Windward Islands of the Netherlands Antilles. The total area of the island is 87 km². The Dutch part (south) has a surface area of 34 km².
Sint Sint Maarten Satellite PhotoPhoto: Public domain
Landscape
Sint Maarten is hilly and has tropical vegetation. There are more than 30 bays on the island. Sint Maarten is partly covered with salt lakes and lagoons. The highest mountain is Paradise Peek, this mountain is located on the French part of Sint Maarten.
Philipsburg and the Great Bay, Sint MaartenPhoto: Clavius66 CC BY-SA 3.0 no changes made
Sources
www.landenweb.nl
Wikipedia
Derksen,G / Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba
Gottmer
Soesbergen, M. van / Bovenwindse eilanden
Elmar
CIA - World Factbook
BBC - Country Profiles
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