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Navassa Island > Geography (Facts)
| Navassa Island - Geography (Facts) |
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| Location: |
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 35 miles west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti |
| Geographic coordinates: |
18 25 N, 75 02 W |
| Map references: |
Central America and the Caribbean |
| Area: |
total: 5.4 sq km
land: 5.4 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: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
marine, tropical |
| Terrain: |
raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m 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%
other: 100% (2005) |
| Natural hazards: |
hurricanes |
| Environment - current issues: |
NA |
| Geography - note: |
strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock with numerous solution holes but with enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of fig trees, scattered cactus |
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