Grenadines

The Grenadines are a chain of small islands that lie on a line between the larger islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Nine are inhabited and open to the public (or ten, if the offshore island of Young Island is counted): Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, Union Island, Petit St Vincent, Palm Island and Mayreau, all in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, plus Petite Martinique and Carriacou in Grenada. Several additional privately-owned islands such as Calivigny are also inhabited. Notable uninhabited islands of the Grenadines include Petit Nevis, used by whalers, and Petit Mustique, which was the centre of a prominent real estate scam in the early 2000s.

Grenadine Islands

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Geography
Location	Caribbean
Archipelago	Lesser Antilles
Total islands	32
Major islands	Carriacou, Young Island, Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, Union Island, Mayreau, Petit St Vincent, and Palm Island.
Area	86 km2 (33 sq mi)
Administration
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada
Demographics
Demonym	Grenadinese
Additional information
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
Grenadines Nickname(s):  Grenadine Population  • Total est. 20,880  • Density 194.2/km2 (503/sq mi)

The northern two-thirds of the chain, including about 32 islands and cays, are part of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The southern third of the chain belongs to the country of Grenada. Carriacou is the largest and most populous of the Grenadines (excluding Grenada).