Barbados: Relative & Absolute Location

Relative Location: Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea. ~168 km (105 mi) east of St. Vincent & the Grenadines; ~288 km (180 mi) northeast of Trinidad & Tobago.

Absolute Location (center): 13°10′N, 59°32′W

This easterly position outside the principal hurricane belt (though not immune) and in the trade wind zone shaped its history as a sailing waypoint and sugar colony.