Navassa Island Geography 1997

Location Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth of the wayfrom Haiti to Jamaica

Geographic coordinates 18 25 N, 75 02 W

Map references Central America and the Caribbean

Area
total : 5.2 sq km
land: 5.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Land boundaries 0 km

Coastline 8 km

Maritime claims
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate marine, tropical

Terrain raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by verticalwhite cliffs (9 to 15 meters high)

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m

Natural resources guano

Land use
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures : 10%
forests and woodland: 0%
other: 90%

Irrigated land 0 sq km (1993)

Natural hazards NA

Environment - current issues NA

Environment - international agreements
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA

Geography - note strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat herds; densestands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus

NOTE: The information regarding Navassa Island on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Navassa Island Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Navassa Island Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.