Windward Point
Windward Point is a cape in Saint George Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.Places of Interest
Highlights include Booby Island.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basseterre and Newcastle.
Basseterre
Photo: Gilles Messian, CC BY 2.0.
Basseterre on the west coast of the island of Saint Kitts is the capital city of the two-island nation, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Basseterre is one of the oldest towns in the Eastern Caribbean, but most of the city structures were built after the great fire of 1867.
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.
Windward Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Saint George Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.2524° or 17° 15′ 9″ northLongitude
-62.635° or 62° 38′ 6″ westOpen location code
779V7927+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 12460971605OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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