| Location |
Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela |
| Geographic coordinates |
13 10 N, 59 32 W |
| Map references |
central_america |
| Area |
total: 431 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 431 sq km |
| Area comparative |
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
| Land boundaries |
0 km |
| Coastline |
97 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate |
tropical; rainy season (June to October) |
| Terrain |
relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m
highest point: mount hillaby 336 m |
| Natural resources |
petroleum, fish, natural gas |
| Land use |
arable land: 37.21%
permanent crops: 2.33%
other: 60.46% (2001) |
| Irrigated land |
10 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards |
infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides |
| Environment - current issues |
pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, marine dumping, ozone layer protection, ship pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note |
easternmost Caribbean island |