Navassa Island

Map of Navassa Island

Official name: Navassa Island Capital: Area: total: 5.2 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 5.2 sq km Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth of the way from Haiti to Jamaica Geographic coordinates: 18 25 N, 75 02 W Comparative Area: about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 8 km Terrain: raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high) Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on southwest side 77 m