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Title: St. Kitts


1
St. Kitts Topography
Points of Interest
1. Basseterre Main town on a steep shore facing
south.
2. North Frigate Bay Low shoreline with
condominiums for tourists.
3. Southeast Peninsula recently made accessible
by new road, there are numerous sites for
development. The area circled could be developed
like Jolly Harbour on Antigua.
4. Dieppe Small harbour protected by reefs.
Notes 1. Roads are shown for visual reference
only. 2. Waves and surges for Points of Interest
are reported from the nearest cell offshore.
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Directory
Topo. Map
Grid
British West Indies
Projection
Transverse Mercator Spheroid

Clarke 1880 Unit of Measurement

Meter Meridian of Origin
62 West of Greenwich Latitude of
Origin
Equator Scale Factor at
Origin
0.9995 False Co-ords of Origin
400,000 m Easting, Nil Northing Datum

K12 Astro 1955 Molodensky dx/dy/dz

9 183 236 Resolution
6 arc-seconds. ( 182.5 m) The model
used great-circle distances on the WGS84 datum.
Scale varies with output device Letter paper,
8½ X 11 1/185,000 15
monitor 1/173,000 17 monitor 1/153,000 19
monitor 1/136,000 APPROXIMATELY
2
Winds
Probability 10 / year, 10-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
33 m/s East End
30 m/s
2. North Frigate Bay Kittian Village
34 m/s Lower Roundabout
33 m/s
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 31 m/s Ballast Bay
31 m/s
4. Dieppe 33 m/s

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Topo. Map
Directory
3
Waves
Probability 10 / year, 10-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
2.0 m East End
1.3 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
1.9 m South End
4.4 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 2.6 m Ballast Bay
2.6 m
4. Dieppe 2.9 m

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Topo. Map
Directory
4
Surges
Probability 10 / year, 10-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
0.2 m East End
0.2 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
0.4 m South End
0.4 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 0.2 m Ballast Bay
0.2 m
4. Dieppe 0.2 m

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Topo. Map
Directory
Note surges are reported as elevation above sea
level, not depth of water.
5
Winds
Probability 4 / year, 25-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
42 m/s East End
38 m/s
2. North Frigate Bay Kittian Village
43 m/s Lower Roundabout
42 m/s
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 40 m/s
Ballast Bay 41 m/s
4. Dieppe 42 m/s

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Topo. Map
Directory
6
Waves
Probability 4 / year, 25-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
2.0 m East End
1.4 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
2.0 m South End
4.5 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 2.7 m Ballast Bay
2.7 m
4. Dieppe 3.0 m

N
Topo. Map
Directory
7
Surges
Probability 4 / year, 25-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
0.3 m East End
0.3 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
0.6 m South End
0.6 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 0.4 m Ballast Bay
0.4 m
4. Dieppe 0.4 m

N
Topo. Map
Directory
Note surges are reported as elevation above sea
level, not depth of water.
8
Winds
Probability 2 / year, 50-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
48 m/s
East End 45 m/s
2. North Frigate Bay Kittian Village
49 m/s
Lower Roundabout 49 m/s
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 41 m/s
Ballast Bay 46 m/s
4. Dieppe 48 m/s

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Topo. Map
Directory
9
Waves
Probability 2 / year, 50-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
2.1 m East End
1.5 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
2.2 m South End
4.7 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 2.7 m Ballast Bay
2.7 m
4. Dieppe 3.1 m

N
Topo. Map
Directory
10
Surges
Probability 2 / year, 50-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
0.4 m East End
0.5 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
0.9 m South End
1.0 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 0.5 m Ballast Bay
0.5 m
4. Dieppe 0.6 m

N
Topo. Map
Directory
Note surges are reported as elevation above sea
level, not depth of water.
11
Winds
Probability 1 / year, 100-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
54 m/s
East End 50 m/s
2. North Frigate Bay Kittian Village
55 m/s
Lower Roundabout 55 m/s
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 51 m/s
Ballast Bay 52 m/s
4. Dieppe 54 m/s
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Topo. Map
Directory
12
Waves
Probability 1 / year, 100-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
2.2 m East End
1.6 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
2.4 m South End
4.9 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 2.9 m Ballast Bay
2.8 m
4. Dieppe 3.2 m

N
Topo. Map
Directory
13
Surges
Probability 1 / year, 100-Year Return Time
St. Kitts
1. Basseterre Port Zante
0.6 m East End
0.7 m
2. North Frigate Bay North End
1.2 m South End
1.2 m
3. Southeast Peninsula White House
Bay 0.7 m Ballast Bay
0.7 m
4. Dieppe 0.8 m

N
Topo. Map
Directory
Note surges are reported as elevation above sea
level, not depth of water.
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