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Nevis was named " Nuestra Señora de las Nieves ", or " Our Lady of the Snows ", because the wreath of white clouds that usually covers the top of its volcanic peak reminded the Spaniards of the ancient Catholic miracle Our Lady of the Snows.
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Ben Nevis was the name of a White Star Line packet ship which in 1854 carried the group of immigrants who were to become the Wends of Texas.
Ben Nevis in Svalbard is a 922 metre-high mountain south of the head of Raudfjorden, Albert I Land, which was named after the Scottish hill.
It was reported that in January 2006 a Saint Kitts & Nevis flagged cargo ship loaded with vehicles and parts meant for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo was seized while in port within Equatorial Guinea.
Lederman began his Ph. D research working with Columbia's Nevis synchro-cyclotron, which was the most powerful particle accelerator in the world at that time.
This was controversial, because ever since 1983 the Nevis Island Administration had approved all investments for Nevis, on the basis that the constitution vests legislative authority for industries, trades and businesses and economic development in Nevis to the Nevis Island Administration.
Due to the deteriorating relationship between the Nevis Island Administration and the Federal Government, a Constitutional Committee was appointed in April 1996 to advise on whether or not the present constitutional arrangement between the islands should continue.
Charlestown Police Station, which served as the Headquarters for police officers in Nevis, was destroyed by fire in December 1991.
The division of this almost round island into parishes was done in a circular sector pattern, so each parish is shaped like a pie slice, reaching from the highest point of Nevis Peak down to the coastline.
During the last Ice age when the sea level was 60 m lower, the three islands of Saint Kitts, Nevis and Sint Eustatius ( also known as Statia ) were connected as one island.
In November 1999, Nevis was hit by Hurricane Lenny, which caused some heavy damage to the island's infrastructure on the western coast, because of the storm's unusual track from west to east.
In October 2008, Nevis was brushed with the edge of Hurricane Omar.
In August 2010, there was some damage on Nevis from Hurricane Earl.
The Museum of Nevis History, Charlestown, housed in the restored Georgian building where Alexander Hamilton was born.
Alexander Hamilton, the statesman and one of the founding fathers of the United States, was born on Nevis around 1755, and spent a significant part of his childhood there.
His father was a trader from Scotland, his mother was from Nevis.
She was a planter's daughter from Nevis, whose rich and influential uncle, John Herbert, was the President of the Council of Nevis.
When she met Captain Horatio Nelson on Nevis, Frances Nisbet was a young widow with a five-year old son.
Nevis and named
They named Saint Kitts Liamuiga meaning " fertile island ", and Nevis Oualie meaning " land of beautiful waters ".
This ferry traverses the narrow, 2-mile wide straight named ' The Narrows ' between the two islands in 15 minutes, from Major's Bay in St. Kitts, to Cades Bay in Nevis.
High point in the range is Single Cone ( 2319 metres ) with Ben Nevis ( 2230 metres, named after the Scottish mountain of the same name ) a little further south in the Hector mountains.
He is named after the Scottish mountain Ben Nevis.
At Red Bay, latitude 80 ° N, Bruce ascended the highest peak in the area, which the Prince named " Ben Nevis " in his honour.
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As a member of CARICOM, St. Kitts and Nevis strongly backed efforts by the United States to implement UN Security Council Resolution 940, designed to facilitate the departure of Haiti's de facto authorities from power.
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* June 17 – Anglo-Spanish War ( 1625 ): A Spanish expedition led by Fadrique de Toledo wipes out the English colony on Nevis.
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