Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Geographic coordinates:
13 15 N, 61 12 W
Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean
Area: Area - comparative: Land boundaries: Coastline: Maritime claims: Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: Land use: Irrigated land: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Geography - note:
total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
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country comparison to the world: 204
land:
389 sq km
water:
0 sq km
twice the size of Washington, DC
0 km
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84 km
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone:
24 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
continental shelf:
200 nm
tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
volcanic, mountainous
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
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highest point:
La Soufriere 1,234 m
hydropower, cropland
arable land: 12.82%
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permanent crops:
7.69%
other:
79.49% (2011)
10 sq km (2003)
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total: 0.01 cu km/yr (NA)
[see also: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total country ranks ]
per capita:
92.59 cu m/yr (1995)
hurricanes; Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint Vincent is a constant threat
pollution of coastal waters and shorelines from discharges by pleasure yachts and other effluents; in some areas, pollution is severe enough to make swimming prohibitive
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is comprised of 32 islands and cays