Wingfields River
Wingfields Gut Black River |
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location | Saint Thomas Middle Island , St. Kitts , St. Kitts and Nevis | |
River system | Wingfields Gut / Wingfields Gut | |
source | on the south slope of Verchild's Peak 17 ° 19 ′ 58 ″ N , 62 ° 46 ′ 59 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 240 m | |
muzzle | at Old Road Town in Old Road Bay ( Caribbean Sea ) Coordinates: 17 ° 19 ′ 16 ″ N , 62 ° 48 ′ 10 ″ W 17 ° 19 ′ 16 ″ N , 62 ° 48 ′ 10 ″ W |
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Mouth height | 0 m | |
Height difference | approx. 240 m
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Communities | Old Road Town |
Wingfields Gut (also: Black River ) is a so-called ghaut ( gut ), an ephemeral body of water similar to a Fiumara , on St. Kitts , in the Caribbean island state of St. Kitts and Nevis .
geography
The river has its source south of St. Kitts, on the southern slope of Verchild's Peak . Together with some source streams it runs south and soon flows into the Caribbean Sea at Old Road Town in Old Road Bay , very close to the mouth of the neighboring East River .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Merrifield Gut at geonames.org.