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CATEGORIES
◆ COMMUNICATIONS(1 fields)
Ports
none; offshore anchorage only
◆ DEFENSE FORCES(1 fields)
Note
defense is the responsibility of the US
◆ ECONOMY(1 fields)
Overview
no economic activity
◆ GEOGRAPHY(14 fields)
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
Climate
marine, tropical
Coastline
8 km
Environment
current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA
International disputes
claimed by Haiti
Irrigated land
0 sq km
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 10% forest and woodland: 0% other: 90%
Location
Caribbean, in the Caribbean Sea, 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica
Map references
Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims
contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources
guano
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
Terrain
raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 meters high)
◆ GOVERNMENT(4 fields)
Capital
none; administered from Washington, DC
Digraph
BQ
Names
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Navassa Island
Type
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Coast Guard
◆ PEOPLE(1 fields)
Population
uninhabited; note - transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island