Geography Of Jamaica

Location:

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

• Total: 10,990 km²

• Land: 10,830 km²

• Water: 160 km²

Area--comparative:

Slightly smaller than Connecticut

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

1,022 km

Maritime claims:

• Measured from claimed archipelagic baselines

• Continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate:

Tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior

Terrain:

Mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain

Elevation extremes:

• Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

• Highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m

Natural resources:

Bauxite, gypsum, limestone

Land use:

• Arable land: 14%

• Permanent crops: 6%

• Permanent pastures: 24%

• Forests and woodland: 17%

• Other: 39% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

350 km² (1993 est.)

Natural hazards:

Hurricanes (especially July to November)

Environment--current issues:

Heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions

Environment--international agreements:

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

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

Geography--note:

Strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for Panama Canal

Cities

• Kingston
• Boscobel
• Montego Bay
• Discovery Bay
• Negril
• Black River
• Ocho Rios
• Port Antonio
• Morant Bay
• Rocky Point
• Spanish_Town

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