St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Report on Observance of Standards and Codes -- Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision--Offshore Banking (Electronic book text)

30. SVG is a multi-island State situated in the Eastern Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands in island chain called the Lesser Antilles, and is located approximately 1600 miles southeast of Miami and 100 miles from Barbados. SVG comprises mainland St. Vincent, which is the largest geographically, and 31other islands and cays, seven of which are inhabited, namely Bequia, Mustique, Union Island, Canouan, Petit St. Vincent, Palm Island and Mayreau. SVG has a combined land mass of 389 sq km.