Geography Of Antigua And Barbuda

Location:

Antigua and Barbuda are Caribbean islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

• Total: 442 km (Antigua 281 km; Barbuda 161 km)

• Land: 442 km

• Water: 0 km

• Note: Includes Redonda

Area comparative:

• Australia comparative: 5 times smaller than the Australian Capital Territory

• Canada comparative: about the same size as St. John's

• United Kingdom comparative: slightly larger than Saint Helena

• United States comparative: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

153 km

Maritime claims:

• Contiguous zone: 24 nm

• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate:

Tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

Terrain:

Mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas

Elevation extremes:

• Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

• Highest point: Boggy Peak 402 m

Natural resources:

NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism

Land use:

• Arable land: 18%

• Permanent crops: 0%

• Permanent pastures: 9%

• Forests and woodland: 11%

• Other: 62% (1993 est.)

Natural hazards:

Hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October); periodic droughts

Environment--current issues:

Water management, a major concern because of limited natural fresh water resources, is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly

Environment--international agreements:

• Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling

• Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements

Reference

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