The Naval Base is divided into three main geographical sections: Leeward Point, Windward Point, and Guantánamo Bay.

Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield.

Major geographical features on Leeward Point include Mohomilla Bay and the Guantánamo River.

There are two airfields within the base, Leeward Point Field and McCalla Field.

Leeward Point Field is the active military airfield, with the ICAO code MUGM and IATA code NBW.

Leeward Point Field has a single active runway, 10 / 28, measuring.

Currently, Leeward Point Field operates several aircraft including helicopters, C-131, and C-141 supporting base operations.

Leeward Point Field was home to Fleet Composite Squadron 10 VC-10 until 1993 when the unit was phased out.

Upon returning to the blockading fleet from the reconnaissance, Marblehead carried two Cuban officers who had been brought off to the ship from Leeward Point ( the western side ) of Guantánamo Bay.

* Site: Aiea Bowling Center, Barber's Point Bowling Center, Hickam Bowling Center, K-bay Bowling Center, Leeward Bowling Center, Pali Bowling Center, Schofield Bowling Center, and Subase Bowling Center

Saint John Capisterre is also home to the tallest peak in the Leeward Islands, Mount Liamuiga, whose crater lake marks the boundary for Saint Paul Capisterre, Saint Anne Sandy Point and Saint Thomas Middle Island.

Shortly thereafter, Dominica was transferred from the Leeward Island Administration and was governed as part of the Windwards until 1958, when it joined the short-lived West Indies Federation.

Elquemedo Willett, born 1 May 1953, famous Nevisian cricket player and former Leeward Islands and West Indies left-arm spinner, was the first Leeward Islander to play Test cricket for the West Indies in 1973, when he was 19 years old.

In 1671, English Saint Kitts was joined with Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat to form the Leeward Caribee Island Government, headquartered in Antigua.

In 1806, the Leeward Islands Caribee government was split into two groups, with Antigua, Barbuda, Redonda and Montserrat in one group, and St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands in the other.

In 1833, the Leeward Islands were reunited as a single administrative entity, and was renamed the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands in 1871.

The islands remained in the Leeward Islands Federation until they joined the failed West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962, in which Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla was a separate state.

1: Newfoundland ; 2: Nova Scotia ; 3: The Thirteen Colonies ; 4: Bermuda ; 5: Bahamas ; 6: British Honduras ( was Spanish c1750: became British in 1798 ); 7: Jamaica ; 8: British Leeward Islands and Barbados

When the Federation was terminated, Barbados had reverted to its former status as a self-governing colony, but efforts were made by Adams to form another federation composed of Barbados and the Leeward and Windward Islands.

Cognisant that other Caribbean territories which had been captured from the Dutch during the war had already been restored, in August 1686 the Dutch ambassador was advised by the British that Tortola would be restored, and instructions to that effect were sent to Sir Nathaniel Johnson, the new Governor of the Leeward Islands.

The reaction of Walter Hamilton, Governor of the Leeward Islands, was immediate.

However, in 1901 the Legislative Council was finally formally dissolved, and the islands were then officially administered through the Governor of the Leeward Islands, who appointed a commissioner and an executive council.

In 1956 the Leeward Islands Federation was abolished.

Though an attempt was made to likewise capture the Dutch Leeward Antilles, these remained in Dutch hands, as did Suriname, though neighboring Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo were rapidly taken by the British early in 1781.

His son Thomas became a major general in the British army, was created a baronet in 1786, and served, after his posting to the Bahamas, as governor of Dominica and of the Leeward Islands.

The acquisition of Leeward Islands Air Transport ( LIAT ), a regional airline based in the Caribbean, in 1972 was part of Court's long-haul expansion strategy.

Daniel Parke II was the British governor of the Leeward Islands from 1706 to 1710.

Hurricane Hugo was a rare but powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage and loss of life in the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Southeast United States.

Previously used stamps of Great Britain 1858 – 1960 ; Nevis 1861 – 1970 ; St Christopher 1870 – 1890 ; Leeward Islands 1890 – 1956 ; St Kitts-Nevis 1903 – 1952 ; and Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla 1953 – 1969.

The British Virgin Islands were administered variously as part of the British Leeward Islands or with St. Kitts and Nevis, with an administrator representing the British Government on the Islands.

In 1871, Dominica became part of the Leeward Island Federation.

The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.

In 1824 the British government placed Anguilla under the administrative control of Saint Kitts, later to become part of the colony of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla ( Saint Christopher being an earlier name for Saint Kitts ), itself a member of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands.

Admiral Rodney the commander of the Leeward Islands station of the Royal Navy attacked the Dutch colonies in that part of the Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and Saint Martin, as soon as he had received word of the declaration of war, in the process surprising a number of Dutch naval and merchant ships, who were still unaware of the start of hostilities.

Up until 1971 the Administrators were answerable to the Governors of the Leeward Islands, of which the British Virgin Islands formed a part.

The ABC islands are part of the Leeward Antilles, which is the westernmost area of the Lesser Antilles.

It is part of the Carib Sky Alliance, an airline alliance which comprises in addition to Air Caraïbes the following airlines: Leeward Islands Air Transport and Winair ( Windward Islands Airways ).

The island is administratively part of the commune ( municipality ) of Bora-Bora, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands.

It is part of the Leeward Islands group ( Îles sous le Vent ).

Administratively Huahine is a commune ( municipality ) part of the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands.

Administratively, Tahaa and the surrounding islets emerging from the coral reef form a commune ( municipality ) part of the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands.

While the urban areas of Oahu are part of the Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, the 2nd Congressional District includes all of the Windward, North Shore, Central, and Leeward regions of Oahu.

The Dutch part of the SSS islands initially formed until 1983 the single " island area " (, the main administrative division of the country, governed by an Island council ) the Leeward islands ().

Redonda is a very small, uninhabited Caribbean island which is part of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Leeward Islands, West Indies.

The Leeward Islands (;, literally " Islands Under-the-Wind ") are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific.

By this time Bell had made his first-class debut, appearing in a single match for the Warwickshire first team in September 1999, but was out for a duck in his only innings and played no further part at that level until 2000 / 01, when he followed on from his Under-19 matches by playing for England A against the Leeward Islands in the Busta Cup tournament game in Anguilla.

Saint George Gingerland, also known as St. George's Gingerland, is a parish in the southeastern part of the island of Nevis, Leeward Islands, West Indies.

Maupiti is administratively part of the commune ( municipality ) of Maupiti, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands.