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Navassa Island
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Area
land
5.4 sq km
water
0 sq km
total
5 sq km
Climate
marine, tropical
Terrain
raised flat to undulating coral and limestone plateau; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)
Land use
other
100% (2018 est.)
Location
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 30 nm west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti
Coastline
8 km
Elevation
lowest point
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point
200 m NNW of lighthouse 85 m
Map references
Central America and the Caribbean
Land boundaries
total
0 km
Maritime claims
territorial sea
12 nm
exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Natural hazards
hurricanes
Geography - note
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
Natural resources
guano (mining discontinued in 1898)
Area - comparative
about nine times the size of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Geographic coordinates
18 25 N, 75 02 W