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#CARD:Navassa Island:Geography
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Navassa Island Click Here for Country List
Header
Affiliation:
(territory of the US)
#IMAGE 44 61 TWPCX \maps\NAVASSA_.PCX
Geography Click Here for MAP
Location:
Caribbean, in the Caribbean Sea, 160 km south of the US Naval Base at
Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica
Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean
Area:
total area:
5.2 sq km
land area:
5.2 sq km
comparative area:
about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
8 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
24 nm
continental shelf:
200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
claimed by Haiti
Climate:
marine, tropical
Terrain:
raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by
vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 meters high)
Natural resources:
guano
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
10%
forest and woodland:
0%
other:
90%
Irrigated land:
0 sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
NA
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; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus
#CARD:Navassa Island:People
People
Population:
uninhabited; note - transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the
island
#CARD:Navassa Island:Government
Government
Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Digraph:
BQ
Type:
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Coast Guard
Capital:
none; administered from Washington, DC
#CARD:Navassa Island:Economy
Economy
Overview:
no economic activity
#CARD:Navassa Island:Communications
Communications
Ports:
none; offshore anchorage only
#CARD:Navassa Island:Defense Forces
Defense Forces
Note:
defense is the responsibility of the US
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