Big Sands
Big Sands is a village in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Big Sands is situated nearby to the town Clifton, as well as near Ashton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Union Island and Union Island Airport.
Union Island
Photo: Jay Jay Marcus Keize13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Island is a lovely, typical old-fashioned Caribbean Island. It is volcanic in origin and is only 3 miles long and 1 ½ miles wide. It has thick green rainforest, sharp rock peaks and large jagged mountains towering several thousand feet.
Union Island Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Acp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Island Airport is the airport serving Union Island, Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located about 0.25 miles from the town of Clifton, one of the country's main tourist centers and a major destination for charter leisure flights during the winter holiday season and Easter, for "Easterval" celebration.
Palm Island
Islet
Palm Island in the Grenadines is a small island one mile from Union Island, only accessible by boat. It has an area of 135 acres and has five beaches. Originally known as Prune Island, Palm Island got its current name when the former owners, the late John… Palm Island is situated 2 miles southeast of Big Sands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifton and Ashton.
Clifton
Town
Photo: Stefan2901, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clifton is a town located on Union Island, which is part of the Grenadines island chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located on the island's southeast coast.
Ashton
Town
Ashton is a town located on Union Island, which is part of the Grenadines island chain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, located on the island's south coast. It has a Köppen climate classification code of Af.
Big Sands
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
12.60402° or 12° 36′ 15″ northLongitude
-61.42311° or 61° 25′ 23″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
774WJH3G+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2387714078OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11281290
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