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___MASK64___ , ( Spanish for " Rich Port ") officially the Commonwealth of ___MASK64___ (" Free Associated State of ___MASK64___ ") and briefly called Porto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea . Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies . Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country : the Federation of ___MASK58___ . Nevis is located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago , about 350 km east - southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua . Its area is and the capital is Charlestown . The Cottle Church was an Anglican Church on the island of Nevis . It was built by Thomas Cottle , a Nevisian lawyer . Ground was broken in 1822 and the church was finally finished in 1824 , after a severe economic depression . The Cottle Church was opened to the public on May 5 , 1824 , and it was the first church on the island of Nevis which welcomed anyone to come and worship , including slaves . The first Reverend of the Cottle Church was Rev . Daniel Davis . After Thomas Cottle ' s death in 1828 , the church fell into disuse . It was then rebuilt by Governor Sir Graham Briggs in the late 19th century , but because of the population decline on the island , the Cottle Church again fell into ruins at the turn of the 20th century . Today it is now being preserved and can be seen by the public . The Federation of ___MASK58___ , also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis and " Federación de San Cristóbal y Nieves " ( in Spanish ), is a two - island country in the West Indies . Located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles , it is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas and Western Hemisphere , in both area and population . The country is a Commonwealth realm , with the British monarch ( currently Queen Elizabeth II ) as head of state . The Lesser Antilles ( also known as the Caribbees ) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea . Most form a long , partly volcanic island arc between the Greater Antilles to the north - west and the continent of South America . The islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the ___MASK30___ . Together , the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles compose the Antilles ( or the Caribbean in its narrowest definition ). When combined with the Lucayan Archipelago , all three are known as the West Indies . The West Indies or Caribbean Basin is a region of the North ___MASK30___ in the Caribbean , that includes the island nations and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes : the Greater Antilles , the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago . The term is synonymous with the term " Caribbean Basin ". The region is known as the area running from Florida westward along the Gulf coast , then south along the Mexican coast through Central America and then eastward across the northern coast of South America . Bermuda is also included within the region even though it is in the west - central Atlantic , due to its common cultural history created by European colonization of the region , and in most of the region by the presence of a significant group of African descent . Antigua , also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population , is an island in the West Indies . It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of ___MASK3___ . ___MASK3___ became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations on 1 November 1981 . The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies . In English , the term refers to the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain . As a group they start east of ___MASK64___ and reach southward to ___MASK49___ . They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western ___MASK30___ . The more southerly part of the Lesser Antilles chain are called the Windward Islands . The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the ___MASK30___ in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere . It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south west , to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba , to the east by the Lesser Antilles , and to the south by the north coast of South America . Thomas Cottle , Esq . ( 1761  1828 ) was a lawyer on the island of Nevis . In 1822 , Thomas started to build a church for all people on the island , including slaves . " The Cottle Church ", as it is now called , was completed in 1824 and opened on May 5 that year . He married Frances Huggins , daughter of Edward Huggins , one of the richest and most powerful planters in all of Nevis . Saint Kitts , also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island , is an island in the West Indies . The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea , and the eastern coast faces the ___MASK30___ . Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis constitute one country : the Federation of ___MASK58___ . ___MASK58___ are separated by a shallow channel known as " The Narrows ".