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  1.                               Navassa Island
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5.  
  6.                                   Header
  7.  
  8.  
  9. Affiliation:
  10.      (territory of the US)
  11.  
  12.  
  13.                                  Geography
  14.  
  15.  
  16. Location:
  17.      Caribbean, in the Caribbean Sea, 160 km south of the US Naval Base at
  18.      Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica
  19. Map references:
  20.      Central America and the Caribbean
  21. Area:
  22. total area:
  23.      5.2 sq km
  24. land area:
  25.      5.2 sq km
  26. comparative area:
  27.      about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
  28. Land boundaries:
  29.      0 km
  30. Coastline:
  31.      8 km
  32. Maritime claims:
  33. contiguous zone:
  34.      24 nm
  35. continental shelf:
  36.      200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
  37. exclusive economic zone:
  38.      200 nm
  39. territorial sea:
  40.      12 nm
  41. International disputes:
  42.      claimed by Haiti
  43. Climate:
  44.      marine, tropical
  45. Terrain:
  46.      raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by
  47.      vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 meters high)
  48. Natural resources:
  49.      guano
  50. Land use:
  51. arable land:
  52.      0%
  53. permanent crops:
  54.      0%
  55. meadows and pastures:
  56.      10%
  57. forest and woodland:
  58.      0%
  59. other:
  60.      90%
  61. Irrigated land:
  62.      0 sq km
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66.  
  67. Environment:
  68. current issues:
  69.      NA
  70. natural hazards:
  71.      NA
  72. international agreements:
  73.      NA
  74. Note:
  75.      strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo
  76.      Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat
  77.      herds; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus
  78.  
  79.  
  80.                                   People
  81.  
  82.  
  83. Population:
  84.      uninhabited; note - transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the
  85.      island
  86.  
  87.  
  88.                                 Government
  89. Names:
  90. conventional long form:
  91.      none
  92. conventional short form:
  93. Digraph:
  94.      BQ
  95. Type:
  96.      unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Coast Guard
  97. Capital:
  98.      none; administered from Washington, DC
  99.  
  100.  
  101.                                   Economy
  102.  
  103.  
  104. Overview:
  105.      no economic activity
  106.  
  107.  
  108.                               Communications
  109.  
  110.  
  111. Ports:
  112.      none; offshore anchorage only
  113.  
  114.  
  115.                               Defense Forces
  116.  
  117.  
  118. Note:
  119.      defense is the responsibility of the US
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