Geography Of Saint 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
Area	total: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis 93 sq km) water: 0 sq km land: 261 sq km
Area comparative	1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	135 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 nm contiguous zone: 24 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: 19.44% permanent crops: 2.78% other: 77.78% (2001)
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
Geography note	with coastlines in the shape of a baseball bat and ball, the two volcanic islands are separated by a three-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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