Location:
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Geographic coordinates:
12 07 N, 61 40 W

Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
total: 344 sq km
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land: 344 sq km
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water: 0 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 208

Area - comparative:
twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
121 km
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Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
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exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
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Climate:
tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
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Terrain:
volcanic in origin with central mountains

Elevation:
mean elevation: NA
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elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

Natural resources:
timber, tropical fruit

Land use:
agricultural land: 32.3% arable land 8.8%; permanent crops 20.6%; permanent pasture 2.9%
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forest: 50%
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other: 17.7% (2011 est.)
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Irrigated land:
20 sq km (2012)
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Population - distribution:
approximately one-third of the population is found in the capital of St. George's; the island's population is concentrated along the coast

Natural hazards:
lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
volcanism: Mount Saint Catherine (840 m) lies on the island of Grenada; Kick 'em Jenny, an active submarine volcano (seamount) on the Caribbean Sea floor, lies about 8 km north of the island of Grenada; these two volcanoes are at the southern end of the volcanic island arc of the Lesser Antilles that extends up to the Netherlands dependency of Saba in the north

Environment - current issues:
deforestation causing habitat destruction and species loss; coastal erosion and contamination; pollution and sedimentation; inadequate solid waste management

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:
the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada