By and large, Antigua is a plain island, just featuring the Boggy Peak with 405 meters above sea level. Barbuda, for its part, is a reefed, plain island with fine-grain sandy beaches. Climate is tropical and the islands are subject to drought seasons. Both flora and wildlife are tropical.There’re two noticeable seasons: a relatively dry season from November to May, and a rainy season between June and October.Hurricanes formed in the Atlantic Ocean hit the island from July to October and cause huge damages and losses when they close in on the coast
The total surface embraces Antigua’s largest island of 280 square kilometers, plus its dependencies: Barbuda (160 square Km) and Redonda (2 square kilometers)
Six parishes (Saint George, Saint John’s, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Phillip) and the Barbuda and Redonda Islands.It embraces three of the Leeward Islands, Antigua plus two other smaller islands: Barbuda northward; and Redonda, a rocky unpopulated islet to the southwest.
Redonda is a small rocky, uninhabited island with a marvelous wildlife and flora reserve. Cotton, sugar cane and tropical fruits are some of its major crops and seafood is exported.
Habitat reduction caused by woods reforestation with imported species is the biggest environmental problem for most of the Caribbean islands, and especially for Antigua and Barbuda.
