Petite Terre is also the name of the smaller island of Mayotte. Petite Terre Islands are two small uninhabited islands located about 10 km to the south-east of the island of Grande-Terre , in the Lesser Antilles. These two islands are named Petite Terre in contrast with the much larger Grande-Terre island. Petite Terre is made up of two islands: Terre de Bas island to the southwest and the smaller Terre de Haut island to the northeast. Their combined land area is 1.68 km² . Terre de Bas island is so named because it is downwind compared to Terre de Haut island to its northeast which first meets the trade winds blowing from the north-east in the Caribbean. Administratively, the Petite Terre Islands are dependent of the commune of La Désirade. The two islands and 842 hectares of sea around them were declared a nature reserve, the National Nature Reserve of Îles de la Petite-Terre.
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