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Central America and the Caribbean > Netherlands Antilles > Geography

DUTCH ANTILLEAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
more than five times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land 178 sq km [178th of 236]
Area > Total 189 sq km [189th of 248]
Area > Water 165 sq km [165th of 237]
Climate
tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds
Coastline 130 km [130th of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Scenery 862 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Caribbean Sea 0 m
Geographic coordinates 12 15 N, 68 45 W
Geography > Note
the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles are divided geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) group (Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) and the Windward Islands (southern) group (Bonaire and Curacao)
Land boundaries > Border countries
Guadeloupe (Saint-Martin) 15 km
Land boundaries > Total 157 km [157th of 161]
Land use > Arable land 114 % [114th of 241]
Location
Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - composed of five islands, Curacao and Bonaire located off the coast of Venezuela, and St. Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius lie east of the US Virgin Islands
Map references
Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone 31 nm [31st of 33]
Natural hazards
Curacao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October
Natural resources
phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only)
Population density 52 people per sqkm [52nd of 256]
Terrain
generally hilly, volcanic interiors

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands Antilles, Nederlandse Antillen, neth. antilles, the antilles

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