St. Kitts and Nevis: Geography

Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis

Location:

Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Geographic coordinates:

17 20 N, 62 45 W

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

total:  261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km) land:  261 sq km water:  0 sq km

Area - comparative:

1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

135 km

Maritime claims:

contiguous zone:  24 NM continental shelf:  200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin territorial sea:  12 NM exclusive economic zone:  200 NM

Climate:

tropical tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Terrain:

volcanic with mountainous interiors

Elevation extremes:

lowest point:  Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point:  Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m

Natural resources:

arable land

Land use:

arable land:  22% permanent crops:  17% permanent pastures:  3% forests and woodland:  17% other:  41% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Natural hazards:

hurricanes (July to October)

Environment - current issues:

NA

Environment - international agreements:

party to:  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified:  none of the selected agreements

Source: CIA World Factbook 2001
(In general, information available as of 1 January 2001 was used in the preparation of this edition.)

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