Newcastle, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Newcastle
Vance W. Amory International Airport
Newcastle
Location in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Coordinates: 17°12′N 062°35′W / 17.200°N 62.583°W / 17.200; -62.583
CountrySaint Kitts and Nevis
IslandNevis
ParishSaint James Windward

Newcastle is a village on the northern coast of the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the capital of Saint James Windward Parish. The village is just to the east of Vance W. Amory International Airport and sits across from the Narrows, the strait which separates Nevis from Saint Kitts.

According to local histories, the village of Newcastle was historically known as New Castle.

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