Green Island | |
Local Name: | --> |
Pushpin Map: | Saba#Lesser Antilles |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 17.649°N -63.2299°W |
Archipelago: | Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles |
Location: | Caribbean |
Area Ha: | 0.24 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Length M: | --> |
Width M: | --> |
Coastline M: | --> |
Country: | Netherlands |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Public body |
Population: | 0 |
Green Island is a small uninhabited islet about 250 metres north of the Caribbean island of Saba, and is part of the Dutch special municipality of Saba. It measures about 40 by 60 metres.[1]
The island is used by bridled terns, sooty terns, and brown noddies for breeding.[2] There was a sulphur mine on the main island across from Green Island. In the 1870s, the two islands were connected by a cable in order to provide access to the mines.[3] The island is being used as a diving site.[4]