:Navassa Island Geography

Total area:
    5.2 km2
Land area:
    5.2 km2
Comparative area:
    about nine times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    8 km
Maritime claims:
  Contiguous zone:
    12 nm
  Continental shelf:
    200 m (depth)
  Exclusive economic zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    12 nm
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%
Environment:
    mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat herds; dense
    stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus
Note:
    strategic location between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica in the Caribbean Sea;
    160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo, Cuba

:Navassa Island People

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

:Navassa Island Government

Long-form name:
    none (territory of the US)
Type:
    unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Coast Guard
Capital:
    none; administered from Washington, DC

:Navassa Island Economy

Overview:
    no economic activity

:Navassa Island Communications

Ports:
    none; offshore anchorage only

:Navassa Island Defense Forces

Note:
    defense is the responsibility of the US