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Location: In the Eastern Caribbean between 15 12 -15 39 North Latitude and 60 14 -61 29 West Longitude, between the French arenas cuba islands of Martinique (23 miles to the south) and Guadeloupe (30 miles to the north) in the Lesser Antilles.

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