Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis (original) (raw)

Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevisi

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French:

Niévès, Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès

German:

Nevis, St. Kitts und Nevis

Italian:

Nevis, Saint Kitts e Nevis

Russian:

Невис, Сент-Китс и Невис

Simplified Chinese:

尼维斯, 聖克里斯多福與尼維斯

Spanish:

Isla Nieves, San Cristóbal y Nieves

Arabic:

نيفيس, سانت كيتس ونيفيس

Belarusian:

Невіс, Сент-Кітс і Невіс

Bulgarian:

Невис, Сейнт Китс и Невис

Catalan:

Nevis, Saint Christopher i Nevis

Czech:

Nevis, Svatý Kryštof a Nevis

Danish:

Nevis, Saint Kitts og Nevis

Dutch:

Nevis, Saint Kitts en Nevis

Estonian:

Nevis, Saint Kitts ja Nevis

Farsi/Persian:

نویس, سنت کیتس و نویس

Finnish:

Nevis, Saint Kitts ja Nevis

Galician:

Nevis, Saint Kitts e Nevis

Greek:

Νέβις, Άγιος Χριστόφορος και Νέβις

Hebrew:

נוויס, סנט_קיטס_ונוויס

Hungarian:

Nevis, Saint Kitts és Nevis

Indonesian:

Nevis, Saint Kitts dan Nevis

Japanese:

ネイビス島, セントクリストファー・ネイビス

Lithuanian:

Nevis, Sent Kitsas ir Nevis

Macedonian:

Невис, Свети Кристофер и Невис

Norwegian:

Nevis, Saint Kitts og Nevis

Norwegian (Nynorsk):

Nevis

Polish:

Nevis, Saint Kitts i Nevis

Portuguese:

Nevis, São Cristóvão e Nevis

Romanian:

Insula Nevis, Sfântul Cristofor și Nevis

Serbian:

Невис, Сент Китс и Невис

Slovenian:

Nevis, Saint Kitts in Nevis

Swedish:

Nevis, Saint Kitts och Nevis

Thai:

เนวิส, เซนต์คิตส์และเนวิส

Turkish:

Nevis, Saint Kitts ve Nevis

Ukrainian:

Невіс, Сент-Кіттс і Невіс

Vietnamese:

Nevis, Saint Kitts và Nevis

Calco-alcaline volcanic arc of Lesser Antilles.

Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Nevis is located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 kilometres (220 mi) east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Antigua. Its area is 93 square kilometres (36 sq mi) and the capital is Charlestown.

Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by a shallow 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel known as "The Narrows". Nevis is roughly conical in shape with a volcano known as Nevis Peak at its centre. The island is fringed on its western and northern coastlines by sandy beaches which are composed of a mixture of white coral sand with brown and black sand which is eroded and washed down from the volcanic rocks that make up the island. The gently-sloping coastal plain (1 km (0.62 mi) wide) has natural freshwater springs as well as non-potable volcanic hot springs, especially along the western coast.

The island was named Oualie ("Land of Beautiful Waters") by the Caribs and Dulcina ("Sweet Island") by the early British settlers. The name Nevis is derived from the Spanish Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (which means Our Lady of the Snows); the name first appears on maps in the 16th century. Nevis is also known by the sobriquet "Queen of the Caribees", which it earned in the 18th century when its sugar plantations created much wealth for the British.

Nevis is of particular historical significance to Americans because it was the birthplace and early childhood home of Alexander Hamilton. For the British, Nevis is the place where Horatio Nelson was stationed as a young sea captain and is where he met and married a Nevisian, Frances Nisbet, the young widow of a plantation-owner.

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Occurrences	2
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Oldest Fossil Listed	0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy AgeNeomonachus tropicalisspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Neomonachus : **Neomonachus tropicalis**0.0117 - 0 MaQuaternary
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Localities in this Region

• Nevis
  • Jessup Village
    * Clark's Ghut
  • ⭔Saint Paul Charlestown Parish
    * ⭔Charlestown

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