Natural resources:
guano
Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)
Irrigated land:
0 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:
NA
Environment - current issues:
NA
Geography - note:
strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock but with enough grassland to support
goat herds; dense stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus
People Navassa Island
Population:
uninhabited
note: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island
(July 2004 est.)
Government Navassa Island
Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Navassa Island