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Area > Comparative about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Area > Land	5.4 sq km		[235th of 238]
Area > Total	5.4 sq km		[247th of 250]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[196th of 239]
Climate	marine, tropical
Coastline	8 km		[221st of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on southwest side 77 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Geographic coordinates	18 25 N, 75 02 W
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
Land use > Arable land	0%		[231st of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	0%		[221st of 258]
Location Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 35 miles west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[14th of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[100th of 191]
Natural hazards	hurricanes
Natural resources	guano
Population density	0 people per sqkm		[243rd of 256]
Terrain raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)

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