NAVASSA ISLAND
(territory of the US)
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

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

GOVERNMENT
Long-form name: none (territory of the US)

Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US
Coast Guard

ECONOMY
Overview: no economic activity

COMMUNICATIONS
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

DEFENSE FORCES
Note: defense is the responsibility of the US



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