Saint Kitts and Nevis: Geography#
| Location | Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 17 20 N, 62 45 W 17.333334,-62.75 |
| Area | total: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km) land: 261 sq km water: 0 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 261 DBpedia: 261 Geoname: 261 Infoplease: 0 Britannica: 269 Wolfram: 261 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 135 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m |
| Highest Mountains | Mount Liamuiga 1156 m [Verified] Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | volcanic with mountainous interiors |
| Natural Hazards | hurricanes (July to October) |
| Natural Resource | arable land |
| Land Use | arable land: 19.23% permanent crops: 0.38% other: 80.38% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November) |
| Irrigated Land | 0.18 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 0.02 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | NA |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Basseterre; Charlestown ; Saint Pauls ; Sadlers ; Middle Island According to Geonames: Basseterre; Fig Tree; Market Shop; Saint Pauls; Middle Island Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | smallest country in the Americas and Western Hemisphere; with coastlines in the shape of a baseball bat and ball, the two volcanic islands are separated by a 3-km-wide channel called The Narrows; on the southern tip of long, baseball bat-shaped Saint Kitts lies the Great Salt Pond; Nevis Peak sits in the center of its almost circular namesake island and its ball shape complements that of its sister island |