Location:	Caribbean, chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba
Geographic coordinates:	24 15 N, 76 00 W
Map references:	Central America and the Caribbean
Area:	total: 13,940 sq km land: 10,070 sq km water: 3,870 sq km
Area - comparative:	slightly smaller than Connecticut
Land boundaries:	0 km
Coastline:	3,542 km
Maritime claims:	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:	tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream
Terrain:	long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Alvernia, on Cat Island 63 m
Natural resources:	salt, aragonite, timber, arable land
Land use:	arable land: 0.8% permanent crops: 0.4% other: 98.8% (2001)
Irrigated land:	NA
Natural hazards:	hurricanes and other tropical storms cause extensive flood and wind damage
Environment - current issues:	coral reef decay; solid waste disposal
Environment - international agreements:	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:	strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain of which 30 are inhabited

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