title: Basse Terre
text: # Basse Terre
  
  Basse Terre is French for "low ground".
  
  It may refer to:
  
  * Basseterre, the capital of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies
  * Basse-Terre, the capital city of Guadeloupe, an overseas région and département of France, located in the Lesser Antilles
  * Basse-Terre Island, the name of the western half of Guadeloupe
  