Navassa Island Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island in the Caribbean
About Navassa Island
Located at 18° 25' N, 75° 02' W, 160 km south of the U.S. Naval Base atGuantanamo Bay,Cuba, the island has a land area of 5.2 km² consisting is mostly exposed coral and limestone rock. It is flat to undulating with a unnamed raised plateau on the southwest side. At77 metres (84yd)high this is the highest point. It is ringed by vertical white cliffs that are typically9 to 15 metres (9.8 to 16.4yd)high and has a8-kilometre (8,700yd)coastline. The island has marine, tropical climate and has enough grassland to support goat herds as well as dense stands of fig-like trees and scattered cactus. This uninhabited island was claimed by the U.S. in 1857 for its guano, and mining took place between 1865 and 1898. In the 19th and early 20th century guano (a product originating from bird feces on lime
Navassa Island Travel Guide Sections
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