home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Geography
-
- Total area: 430 km2
-
- Land area: 430 km2
-
- Comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size of
- Washington, DC
-
- Land boundaries: none
-
- Coastline: 389 km
-
- Maritime claims: -- Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm --
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
-
- Disputes: none
-
- Climate: tropical; marine; moderated by trade winds; sunny and
- relatively dry
-
- Terrain: low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and mangrove
- swamps
-
- Natural resources: spiny lobster, conch
-
- Land use: arable land 2%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and
- pastures; 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 98%
-
- Environment: 30 islands (eight inhabited); subject to frequent
- hurricanes
-
- Note: located 190 km north of the Dominican Republic in the
- North Atlantic Ocean
-
-