SSS islands
Group of islands in the Dutch Caribbean
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The SSS islands (Dutch: SSS-eilanden), locally also known as the Dutch Windward Islands (Bovenwindse Eilanden or Bovenwinden), is a collective term for the three territories of the Dutch Caribbean (formerly the Netherlands Antilles) that are located within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. In order of population size, they are: Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. In some contexts, the term is also used to refer to the entire island of Saint Martin (which also includes the Collectivity of Saint Martin), alongside Sint Eustatius and Saba.
The SSS islands were island territories of the Netherlands Antilles, until its dissolution in 2010. Since then, Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Sint Eustatius and Saba are special municipalities of the Netherlands. "SSS" is an acronym of the islands' names, and is analogous to the ABC, CAS, and BES islands, which are other commonly used subdivisions of the Dutch Caribbean.
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Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Place in Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Attack on Saint Martin
1644 battle of the Eighty Years' War
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Capture of Saint Martin (1633)
1633 naval battle of the Eighty Years' War
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St. Martin of Tours' Church, Sint Maarten
Church in Sint Maarten, Netherlands
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Great Salt Pond, Sint Maarten
Pond on Sint Maarten in the Dutch Caribbean
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