Flag Description A rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions.Currency East caribbean dollar. Astronomy Today's date is July 5, 2008. There is currently a Last Quarter Moon. Location Caribbean, island between the caribbean sea and atlantic ocean, north of trinidad and tobago. Climate Tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds. Terrain Volcanic in origin with central mountains. Elevation Extremes The lowest point is at Caribbean Sea 0 m. The highest point is at Mount Saint Catherine 840 m. |