Montenegro

Location	Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia
Geographic coordinates	42 30 N, 19 18 E
Map references	Europe
Area	total: 13,812 sq km land: 13,452 sq km water: 360 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly smaller than Connecticut
Land boundaries	total: 625 km border countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km, Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km
Coastline	293.5 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: defined by treaty
Climate	Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland
Terrain	highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m
Natural resources	bauxite, hydroelectricity
Land use	arable land: 13.7% permanent crops: 1% other: 85.3%
Irrigated land	22 sq km
Natural hazards	destructive earthquakes
Environment - current issues	pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	strategic location along the Adriatic coast