Great Salt Pond


For the body of water on Block Island off Rhode Island, United States, see Great Salt Pond (Block Island).

The Great Salt Pond is the largest lake within Saint Kitts and Nevis, a country in the Lesser Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean.

Geography

It is located on Saint Kitts island, near the point of the Southeast Peninsula and to the north of The Narrows isthmus.

Ecology

It is a wildlife habitat for: birds, such as the common gallinule; invertebrates; and fish, including as an estuary nursery area for Caribbean Sea dwelling fish.

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    Coordinates: 17°14′N 62°39′W / 17.233°N 62.650°W / 17.233; -62.650


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