Grenada Print Map

View the electronic version of our 2017 Skyviews Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique print map

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About Grenada

Located at 61°40′W, 12°07′N, the State of Grenada is actually comprised of six islands, the largest being Grenada (132mi²/310km), followed by Carriacou (13mi²/34km²) and Petit Martinique. Grenada was originally an underwater volcano some 2 million years ago. The highest point, Mt. St. Catherine at 2,747ft/804m, is found in the central ridge of mountains. The spectacular Grand Etang Crater Lake is nestled at 1,740ft/530m above sea level.

Columbus sighted Grenada on 15 August 1498, on his third trip to the Caribbean, naming it Concepción in honour of the Virgin Mary, before hurrying on to his next stop. The island was re-named Mayo two years later and the French called it La Grenade when they first colonised it.

Fun activities today are rainforest tours, diving (the tour de force of Grenada diving must be the massive wreck of the Bianca C, a 600ft/200m cruise liner that sank near the coast after a fire in 1961), snorkelling, fishing, excellent scenic cruising, places of interest and shopping, especially spices. Grenada is known as the Spice Isle of the Caribbean as more spices (such as cloves, mace, cocoa, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and many others) are grown on Grenada per hectare than in any other place on the planet! In fact, Grenada produces a third of the world’s supply of nutmeg and it is the island’s biggest export.

Featured: Birds of Transboundary Grenadines

Authors: Juliana Coffey & Alison Ollivierre

Skyviews is pleased to feature this new resource which is ideal for anyone with an interest in birds and the natural world of these incredible islands and cays!

Birds of the Transboundary Grenadines is the first avian field guide to cover the islands and cays shared by the countries of St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Grenada. This book contains:

• 140+ pages of high-quality photographs of the birds and natural areas of the Grenadines
• 117 bird profiles with details on identification, diet, habitat, local knowledge, and sightings
• 14 detailed maps illustrating conservation areas and local toponyms on more than 50 islands and cays
• Full chapter of previously undocumented local ecological knowledge, folklore, and prehistoric-to-modern-day human values of birds