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)
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
Source: CIA World Factbook
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