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The Geology and Fossils of Carriacou, West Indies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. T. Trechmann
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Carriacou, the largest of the Grenadines lying between Grenada and St. Vincent, is the only one, so far as is known, of that group of islands which is not predominantly volcanic in origin. It may be described as the only limestone, or largely limestone, island in the whole inner arc of the Lesser Antilles which comprises Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe (west half), Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Carriacou is 6¾ miles long and 2⅓ in greatest width and at High North Hill and Chapeau Carré rises to 980 and 960 feet. The remainder of the island is rugged and has several lesser peaks and a central ridge, running roughly north to south, 600–830 feet in height.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 72 , Issue 12 , December 1935 , pp. 529 - 555
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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