Editing Anguilla (section)

===Geology===
{{main|Geology of Anguilla}}

Anguilla (and the wider Anguilla Bank) is of volcanic origin, lying on the Lesser Antilles volcanic island arc, and [[tuff]]s and volcaniclastic [[breccia]]s of [[Eocene]] age are exposed locally on the island.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Budd |first1=A. F. |last2=Johnson |first2=K. G. |last3=Edwards |first3=J. C. |date=May 1995 |title=Caribbean reef coral diversity during the early to middle Miocene: an example from the Anguilla Formation |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF00303432 |journal=Coral Reefs |language=en |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=109–117 |doi=10.1007/BF00303432 |bibcode=1995CorRe..14..109B |s2cid=22827668 |issn=0722-4028 |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530191506/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00303432 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The island was largely submerged during the [[Miocene]], leading to the formation of the reefal limestone Anguilla Formation, which was subsequently tectonically uplifted and covers most of the island today.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Christman |first=Robert A. |title=Geology of St. Bartholomew, St. Martin, and Anguilla, Lesser Antilles |date=1953 |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsabulletin/article/64/1/65-96/4529 |journal=Geological Society of America Bulletin |language=en |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=85 |doi=10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[85:GOSBSM]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0016-7606 |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617000657/https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsabulletin/article/64/1/65-96/4529 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Since the late Pleistocene, however, Anguilla has undergone tectonic subsidence at a rate of around 1–2&nbsp;mm/yr.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=van Rijsingen |first1=Elenora |last2=Calais |first2=Eric |last3=Jolivet |first3=Romain |last4=de Chabalier |first4=Jean-Bernard |last5=Robertson |first5=Richard |last6=Ryan |first6=Graham |last7=Symithe |first7=Steeve |date=2021-03-03 |title=Vertical tectonic motions in the Lesser Antilles: linking short- and long-term observations |journal=EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts |url=https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-934.html |doi=10.5194/egusphere-egu21-934 |bibcode=2021EGUGA..23..934V |s2cid=235385841 |doi-access=free |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920034551/https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-934.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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[[File:SSS Islands Map.png|thumb|300px|left|Map showing the location of Anguilla relative to [[Saint Martin (island)|Sint Maarten/Saint Martin]] and other islands to its south]]
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[[File:Anguilla map.svg|thumb|450px|left|Map of Anguilla]]
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