Scotch Point
Scotch Point is a cape in Saint George Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.Places of Interest
Highlights include Booby Island and Vance W. Amory International Airport.
Booby Island
Islet
Booby Island is an uninhabited islet in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is found in the Narrows, the channel between the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, about midway between the two.
Vance W. Amory International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Yusuke Toyoda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vance W. Amory International Airport serves the island of Nevis in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The airport has a single runway, which is approximately 1,220 meters long.
Pinney’s Beach
Beach
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pinney's Beach, also spelled Pinneys Beach, is a very long sandy beach on the western Caribbean coast of the island of Nevis, in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Leeward Islands in the West Indies.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newcastle and Cotton Ground.
Newcastle
Village
Newcastle is a village on the northern coast of the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the capital of Saint James Windward Parish. The village is just to the east of Vance W. Amory International Airport and sits across from the Narrows, the strait which separates Nevis from Saint Kitts.
Cotton Ground
Village
Cotton Ground is a town on the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the capital of Saint Thomas Lowland Parish. Horatio Nelson restocked the HMS Boreas at the lagoon near Cotton Ground.
Brick Kiln
Village
Brick Kiln is a village on the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis, located east of Newcastle. Its name suggests the likely existence of a plantation pottery prior to the 18th century.
Scotch Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Saint George Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
17.2287° or 17° 13′ 43″ northLongitude
-62.6285° or 62° 37′ 43″ westOpen location code
779V69HC+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 12460971604OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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