Geography Of Guadeloupe

Location:

Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

• Total: 1,780 km²

• Land: 1,706 km²

• Water: 74 km²

• Note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands: the main islands Basse-Terre on the west and Grande-Terre on the east, the nearby smaller islands Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2) and Iles de la Petite Terre, and more to the northwest, beyond St Kitts and Nevis: Saint Barthlemy and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin).

Area--comparative:

10 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

• Total: 10.2 km

• Border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km

Coastline:

306 km

Maritime claims:

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate:

Subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity

Terrain:

Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin

Elevation extremes:

• Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

• Highest point: Soufriere 1,467 m

Natural resources:

Cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism

Land use:

• Arable land: 14%

• Permanent crops: 4%

• Permanent pastures: 14%

• Forests and woodland: 39%

• Other: 29% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

30 km² (1993 est.)

Natural hazards:

Hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere is an active volcano

Environment--current issues:

NA

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