Outline of Saint Kitts and Nevis

The capital city and headquarters of government for the federated state is on the larger island of Saint Kitts.

The smaller state of Nevis lies about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Saint Kitts, across a shallow channel called "The Narrows".

Historically, the British dependency of Anguilla was also a part of this union, which was then known collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla.

To the north-northwest lie the islands of Sint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, and Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten.

Saint Kitts and Nevis were amongst the first islands in the Caribbean to be settled by Europeans.