NationMaster - Navassa Island Geography statistics

Area > Comparative about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Area > Land	233 sq km	[233rd of 236]
Area > Total	245 sq km	[245th of 248]
Area > Water	157 sq km	[157th of 237]
Climate	marine, tropical
Coastline	204 km	[204th of 249]
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 > Other	16 %	[16th of 241]
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	73 nm	[73rd of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	123 nm	[123rd of 190]
Natural hazards	hurricanes
Natural resources	guano
Population density	243 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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