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Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles

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Located east of the US Virgin Islands and 8 km north of Saint Martin, Anguilla is a low-lying Limestone Caribbee with no permanent standing water other than brackish salt ponds. With a volcanic historic long since passed, Anguilla has no mountainous features. Its limestone composition resulted in the formation of numerous caves, some of which are home to unique Amerindian religious sites. Anguilla’s lack of soil coverage resulted in a relative lack of historic and modern plantation agriculture, and the island relied heavily on the export of salt and lobster until a tourism industry developed around the 33 public beaches that ring the island. Currently, tourism is the leading industry on Anguilla and has impacted both the environment and local awareness of environmental health.

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  1. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

    Susanna L. Diller

  2. General Education, Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Casey D. Allen

  3. University of Applied Sciences, Van-Hall Larenstein, Valdosta, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

    Ayumi Kuramae

  4. Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, USA

    Donald M. Thieme

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Diller, S.L., Allen, C.D., Kuramae, A., Thieme, D.M. (2017). Anguilla. In: Allen, C. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55787-8_4

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