Netherlands Antilles, group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea that formerly constituted an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The group is composed of two widely separated subgroups approximately 500 miles (800 km) apart. Learn more about the Netherlands Antilles in this article.

The Netherlands Antilles referred to a group of islands belonging to the Kingdom of The Netherlands that are geographically positioned in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea.

The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was dissolved on 10 October 2010. [1][2]

Initially, the Netherlands Antilles consisted of four island territories—Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and the SSS islands. The latter split into the Island Territories of Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten, in 1983.

Netherlands Antilles , Former (1954–2010) nonmetropolitan island territory of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea. Area: 308 sq mi (800 sq km). Population: (2010 est.) 204,000. Capital: Willemstad, on Curaçao.

Destination Netherlands Antilles - Travel and Tour Guides. Discover Netherlands Antilles: Bonaire - considered one of the best diving destinations in the world, Curaçao - not only a tasty blue liqueur but unspoiled beaches, underwater caves, and island culture, St. Eustatius (Statia), St. Maarten, Saba.

The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen, also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles.

The Netherlands Antilles was the name of a group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea. From 1954 until 2010, the islands formed a political unit. That means that they shared a single government. Although the Netherlands Antilles was self-governing, it also was a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 2010 the Netherlands Antilles was ...

THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES , a Dutch colonial possession for the greater part of three centuries, and once a center for slave trade in the Caribbean, has been an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1954.