Getting Oriented

Getting Oriented

At 108 square mi (280 square km), Antigua is the largest of the British Leeward Islands. Its much smaller sister island, Barbuda is 26 mi (42 km) to the north. Together, they are an independent nation and part of the British Commonwealth. The island was under British control from 1667 until it achieved independence in 1981.



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