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Natives called the Karukera island or Calouacaera.
Guadeloupe comes from the name given by Christopher Columbus to thank Our Lady of Guadalupe of Estremadure of him to have saved a storm.
Guadeloupe is formed of two islands Bass-earth and Big-earth
They are delimited by an arm of sea called the Salty river.
Basse-Terre is most elevated, in spite of her name.
One finds the volcano of the Soufrière that culminates to 1 467 m there.
Big Earth hardly passes 100 m. It is a tray.
Several islands are dependent of Guadeloupe.
It is islands of the Désirade, of Marie-Galante, of Saint-Bartholomew, of Saints, and Saint-Martin's part.
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