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Saint Kitts and Nevis Geography 2020

SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Saint Kitts and Nevis Geography 2020
SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on January 27, 2020

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)
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land: 261 sq km
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water: 0 sq km
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country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 212

Area - comparative:
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
135 km
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Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
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exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
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contiguous zone: 24 nm
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continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
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Climate:
tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
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Terrain:
volcanic with mountainous interiors

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

Natural resources:
arable land

Land use:
agricultural land: 23.1% (2011 est.)
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arable land: 19.2% (2011 est.)
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permanent crops: 0.4% (2011 est.)
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permanent pasture: 3.5% (2011 est.)
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forest: 42.3% (2011 est.)
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other: 34.6% (2011 est.)
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Irrigated land:
8 sq km (2012)
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Population distribution:
population clusters are found in the small towns located on the periphery of both islands

Natural hazards:
hurricanes (July to October)

volcanism: Mount Liamuiga (1,156 m) on Saint Kitts, and Nevis Peak (985 m) on Nevis, are both volcanoes that are part of the volcanic island arc of the Lesser Antilles, which extends from Saba in the north to Grenada in the south

Environment - current issues:
deforestation; soil erosion and silting affects marine life on coral reefs; water pollution from uncontrolled dumping of sewage

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

Geography - note:
smallest country in the Western Hemisphere both in terms of area and population; 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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