Geography of St. Kitts and Nevis

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

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

• total: 269 sq km
• land: 269 sq km
• water: 0 sq km

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

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 135 km

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

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

Terrain: volcanic with mountainous interiors

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

• Natural resources: NEGL

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

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