Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 30 nm west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti
18 25 N, 75 02 W
Central America and the Caribbean
total: 5 sq km
land: 5.4 sq km
water: 0 sq km
about nine times the size of the National Mall in Washington, DC
total: 0 km
8 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
marine, tropical
raised flat to undulating coral and limestone plateau; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)
highest point: 200 m NNW of lighthouse 85 m
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
guano (mining discontinued in 1898)
other: 100% (2018 est.)
hurricanes
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
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