Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1998)
Natural hazards: NA
Environment—current issues: NA
Environment—international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography—note: strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus
People
Population: uninhabited note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island
Government
Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Navassa Island
Data code: BQ