Geography Of Jamaica

Location	Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
Geographic coordinates	18 15 N, 77 30 W
Map references	central_america
Area	total: 10,991 sq km land: 10,831 sq km water: 160 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Connecticut
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	1,022 km
Maritime claims	measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 24 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: 16.07% permanent crops: 10.16% other: 73.77% (2001)
Irrigated land	250 sq km (1998 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, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Jamaica