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Location
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Caribbean, island in the Caribbean
Sea, 35 miles west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti
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Geographic coordinates
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18 25 N, 75 02 W
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Map references
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Central America and the Caribbean
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Area
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total: 5.4 sq km
land: 5.4 sq km water: 0 sq km |
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Area - comparative
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about nine times the size of The
Mall in Washington, DC
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Land boundaries
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0 km
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Coastline
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8 km
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Maritime claims
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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Climate
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marine, tropical
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Terrain
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raised coral and limestone
plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)
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Elevation extremes
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lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on southwest side 77 m |
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Natural resources
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guano
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Land use
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arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005) |
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Natural hazards
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hurricanes
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Environment - current issues
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NA
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Geography - note
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strategic location 160 km south of
the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock with numerous
solution holes (limestone sinkholes) but with enough grassland to support
goat herds; dense stands of fig trees, scattered cactus
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Navassa Island
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