Geography People Government Economy Transportation Communications Defense Forces

NAVASSA ISLAND

 (territory of the US) 

@Navassa Island:Geography

 Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth of
 the way from Haiti to Jamaica

 Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

 Area:
 total area: 5.2 sq km
 land area: 5.2 sq km
 comparative area: about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington,
 DC

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 8 km

 Maritime claims:
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
 territorial sea: 12 nm

 International disputes: claimed by Haiti

 Climate: marine, tropical

 Terrain: raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating;
 ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 meters high)

 Natural resources: guano

 Land use:
 arable land: 0%
 permanent crops: 0%
 meadows and pastures: 10%
 forest and woodland: 0%
 other: 90%

 Irrigated land: 0 sq km

 Environment:
 current issues: NA
 natural hazards: NA
 international agreements: NA

 Note: strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at
 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to
 support goat herds; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus

@Navassa Island:People

 Population: uninhabited; note - transient Haitian fishermen and others
 camp on the island

@Navassa Island:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: none
 conventional short form: Navassa Island

 Digraph: BQ

 Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Coast
 Guard

 Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC

Economy

 Overview: no economic activity

@Navassa Island:Transportation

 Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

@Navassa Island:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of the US


________________________________________________________________________