[[Restr:LocationLesserAntilles.png|thumb|right|250px|E men emañ an Antilhez Bihanañ (livet en gwer) er Mor Karib]]
[[Restr:LesserAntillesIslandsRelief map of Lesser Antilles.png|thumb|350px|Inizi an Antilhez Bihanañ]]
An '''Antilhez Bihanañ''' pe '''Inizi Karib''', zo darn eus an [[Antilhez]], an darn all o vezañ an [[Antilhez Brasañ]] hag ar [[Bahamas]]. Ober a reont evel un aradennad a'n em astenn adalek [[Puerto Rico]] betek [[Trinidad]], tostik da aod [[Venezuela]], ha dispartiañ a reont ar [[Mor Karib]] diouzh ar [[Meurvor Atlantel]].
<!--The islands are part of a long [[volcanic arc|volcanic]] [[island arc]], most of which wrap around the eastern end of the [[Caribbean Sea]] on the western boundary with the [[Atlantic Ocean]], and some of which lie on the southern fringe of the sea just north of [[South America]]. The Lesser Antilles more or less coincide with the outer edge of the [[Caribbean Plate]], and many of the islands were formed by [[subduction]], as one or more other plates slipped under the Caribbean Plate.
==Regional terminology==
The two main groups of the Lesser Antilles are the [[Windward Islands]] in the south and the [[Leeward Islands]] in the north. The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds blow northeast to southwest. The trans-Atlantic currents and winds that provided the fastest route across the ocean brought these ships to the rough dividing line between the Windward and Leeward Islands. Another group of the Lesser Antilles, is the [[Leeward Antilles]] which are found just north of [[Venezuela]]. The [[Netherlands Antilles]] are divided into two groups, one in the southwest (Leeward Antilles) off the coast of [[Venezuela]] and one in northeast (Leeward Islands), although it uses different naming conventions locally, with the southwest grouping being known as the Leeward Islands and northeast group being known as the Windward Islands.
