While the striking mountains-meet-the-sea terrain of St. Kitts is often compared to the South Pacific, this uncommon tropical island is in the Americas, part of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. This twin-island nation is located in the northern section of the Eastern Caribbean's Leeward Islands, approximately 1,300 miles southeast of Miami, Florida and approximately 3 1/2 hours by plane from New York City.

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