Large Island is an

islet An islet ( ) is generally a small island. Definitions vary, and are not precise, but some suggest that an islet is a very small, often unnamed, island with little or no vegetation to support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/ ...

between the main island and

Grenadines The Grenadines () is 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 ...

of Grenada. It is an uninhabited island and forms part of

Carriacou and Petite Martinique Carriacou and Petite Martinique, also known as the Southern Grenadines, is a dependency (part) of Grenada, lying north of Grenada island and south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Lesser Antilles. Carriacou Island is the largest isla ...

, a dependency of Grenada.

Geography

Large Island is an

in the

, a dependency of Grenada, located south of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is one of the eight smaller satellite islands of Granada. It lies to the north of the main island of Granada, and to the south of

Carriacou Carriacou ( ) is an island of the Grenadine Islands. It is a part of the nation of Grenada and is located in the south-eastern Caribbean Sea, northeast of the island of Grenada and the north coast of South America. The name is derived from the ...

in the

, which is shared between Grenada and Saint Vincent and Grenadines. Spread across a land area of roughly , it is the third smallest of the Grenadine islands, and does not have a permanent population.

Flora and fauna

The island is surrounded by

coral reefs A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. ...

, and forms the habitat of various marine organisms. The island itself is home to smaller

reptiles Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...

such as Grenada bush anole.

References

{{reflist Uninhabited islands of Grenada