Wingfields River

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Wingfields Gut
Black River
Data
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
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
Mouth height m
Height difference approx. 240 m

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

  1. Merrifield Gut at geonames.org.