Editing Saint Kitts (section)

==Geography==
{{See also|Saint Kitts and Nevis#Climate}}
The capital of the two-island nation, and also its largest port, is the town of [[Basseterre]] on Saint Kitts. There is a modern facility for handling large [[cruise ship]]s there. A ring road goes around the perimeter of the island with smaller roads branching off it; the interior of the island is too steep for habitation.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Saint Kitts is {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} away from [[Sint Eustatius]] to the north and {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}}  from [[Nevis]] to the south. St. Kitts has three distinct groups of [[volcanic]] peaks: the North West or Mount Misery Range; the Middle or Verchilds Range and the South East or Olivees Range. The highest peak is Mount Liamuiga, formerly Mount Misery, a dormant volcano {{convert|1156|m|ft}} high.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

===Geology===
The youngest volcanic centre is [[Mount Liamuiga|Mt. Liamuiga]], {{convert|5|km|mi}} in diameter and rising to an elevation of {{convert|1155|m|ft}}.  Its last eruption was 1,620 years ago, corresponding with the Steel Dust series of [[Pyroclastic rock|pyroclastic]] deposits on the western flank.  The Mansion Series of pyroclastic deposits and andesite with basalt layers occur on the northern flank, along with [[mudflow]]s.  This volcano has a crater {{convert|900|m|ft}} wide and {{convert|244|m|ft}} deep, plus two distinct parasitic domes consisting primarily of [[andesite]], Brimstone Hill and Sandy Point Hill which is coalesced with Farm Flat.  Brimstone Hill is noted for having [[limestone]] on its flanks, which was dragged upward with the formation of the dome 44,400 years ago.  Mt. Liamuiga partially overlays the Middle Range to the southeast.  This Middle Range is another [[stratovolcano]] 976 m in height with a small summit crater containing a lake.  Next in line is the {{convert|900|m|ft}} South East Range, 1 [[Myr]] in age, consisting of four peaks.  Ottley's [[lava dome|dome]] and Monkey Hill dome are on the flanks, while the older volcanoes represented by Canada Hills, and Conaree Hills lie past the airport and Basseterre on the southeast flank.  The Salt Dome Peninsula contains the oldest volcanic deposits, 2.3–2.77 Myr in age, consisting of at least nine [[Pelean eruption|Pelean domes]] rising up to {{convert|319|m|ft}} in height, which includes Williams Hill and [[St. Anthony's Peak]].<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Kitts – Geology|url=http://uwiseismic.com/General.aspx?id=60|website=[[The UWI Seismic Research Centre|University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre]]|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003142411/http://uwiseismic.com/General.aspx?id=60|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=St. Kitts Geology|url=http://caribbeanvolcanoes.com/st-kitts-geology/|website=Caribbean Volcanoes|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004084901/http://caribbeanvolcanoes.com/st-kitts-geology/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Volcanic Hazard Assessment for St. Kitts|url=http://www.oas.org/pgdm/hazmap/volcano/stk_volc.htm|website=Volcanic Hazard Assessment for St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Wetsermann|first1=J.H.|last2=Kiel|first2=H.|title=The Geology of Saba and St. Eustatius|date=1961|publisher=Kemink & Zn|location=Utrecht|pages=158–161}}</ref>