<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Navassa Island<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Caribbean, in the Caribbean Sea, 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), between Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 5.2 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 5.2 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 10%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 90%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 0 sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus