Geography Of Barbados

Location:

Barbados is Caribbean: an island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

• Total: 430 km²

• Land: 430 km²

• Water: 0 km²

Area comparative:

• Australia comparative: 5.5 times smaller than the Australian Capital Territory

• Canada comparative: slightly larger than London

• United Kingdom comparative: slightly larger than Saint Helena

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

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

97 km

Maritime claims:

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 12 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%

• Permanent crops: 0%

• Permanent pastures: 5%

• Forests and woodland: 12%

• Other: 46% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

NA km²

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: Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution

• Signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity

Geography - note:

Easternmost Caribbean island

Reference

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