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Clouds covering Nevis Peak. The Kalinago, the pre-European inhabitants of Saint Kitts, called the island Liamuiga, roughly translating as 'fertile land'. [10]It is thought that Christopher Columbus, the first European to see the islands in 1493, named the larger island San Cristóbal, after Saint Christopher, his patron saint and that of travellers.
Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by a shallow 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel known as "The Narrows". Saint Kitts became home to the first Caribbean British and French colonies in the mid-1620s. [2] [3] Along with the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts was a member of the British West Indies until gaining independence on 19 September 1983. [4]
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, also known as Saint Christopher and Nevis, [1] is a sovereign federal two-island nation located in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. [2] It is the smallest nation in the Americas , in both area and population .
Map of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a twin island country with a total landmass of just 270 square kilometres (104 sq mi). The island of St. Kitts, the larger of the two, is 180 square kilometres (68 sq mi) in size and is located at latitude 17.30 N, and longitude 62.80 W. Nevis is 93 square kilometres (36 sq mi) and located at latitude 17.10 N, longitude 62.35 W ...
Figtree, Saint Kitts and Nevis; List of World Heritage Sites in Saint Kitts and Nevis; List of cricket grounds in the West Indies; Mannings, Saint Kitts and Nevis; Market Shop, Saint Kitts and Nevis; Middle Island, Saint Kitts and Nevis; Monkey Hill; Newcastle, Saint Kitts and Nevis; Newton Ground, Saint Kitts and Nevis; Nichola Town; Old Road ...
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (or Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla) was a British colony in the West Indies from 1882 to 1983, consisting of the islands of Anguilla (until 1980), Nevis, and Saint Christopher (or Saint Kitts). From 1882 to 1951, and again from 1980, the colony was known simply as Saint Christopher and Nevis.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1984, Nevis, with part of St. Christopher (Saint Kitts). Series E803 (D.O.S. 343), Sheet NEVIS, Edition 5 O.S.D. 1984. Reprinted in 1995, published by the Government of the United Kingdom (Ordnance Survey) for the Government of Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis.
Basseterre (/ b æ s ˈ t ɛər /; Saint Kitts Creole: Basterre) is the capital and largest city of Saint Kitts and Nevis with an estimated population of 14,000 in 2018. [1] Geographically, the Basseterre port is located at 17°18′N 62°44′W / 17.300°N 62.733°W / 17.300; -62.733 , on the south-western coast of Saint Kitts ...