| Geography | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Location:
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Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago |
Geographic coordinates:
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17 20 N, 62 45 W |
Map references:
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Central America and the Caribbean |
Area:
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total: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km)
land: 261 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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one and a half times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries:
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0 km |
Coastline:
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135 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
Climate:
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tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November) |
Terrain:
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volcanic with mountainous interiors |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m |
Natural resources:
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arable land |
Land use:
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arable land: 19.44%
permanent crops: 2.78%
other: 77.78% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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0.2 sq km (2008) |
Total renewable water resources:
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0.02 cu km (2000) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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398 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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void |
Natural hazards:
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hurricanes (July to October) |
Environment - current issues:
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NA |
Environment - international agreements:
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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 |
Geography - note:
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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 |
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