Navassa Island: Geography#
| Location | Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 35 miles west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 18 25 N, 75 02 W 18.416666,-75.03333 |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 8 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed elevation on southwest side 77 m |
| Highest Mountains | |
| Terrain | raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high) |
| Natural Hazards | hurricanes |
| Natural Resource | guano |
| Land Use | arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2011) |
| Climate | marine, tropical |
| Irrigated Land | NA |
| Renewable Water Resources | NA |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | NA |
| Environment - international agreements | NA |
| Large Cities | |
| Geography-note | strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock with numerous solution holes (limestone sinkholes) but with enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of fig trees, scattered cactus |