Total area: 340 km2
land area: 340 km2

Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 84 km

Maritime claims:
@m5Extended economic zone: 200 nm
@m5Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

Terrain: volcanic, mountainous; Soufriere volcano on the island of St. Vincent

Natural resources: negligible

Land use: 38% arable land; 12% permanent crops; 6% meadows and pastures; 41% forest and woodland; 3% other; includes 3% irrigated

Environment: subject to hurricanes; Soufriere volcano is a constant threat

Note: some islands of the Grenadines group are administered by Grenada

NOTE: The information regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about St. Vincent and the Grenadines Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.