Geography of Barbados
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Map of Barbados
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Map of Barbados
This article describes the geography of Barbados.
- Location
- Barbados is Caribbean: an island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
- Geographic coordinates
- Template:Coor dm
- Map references
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Area
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- Total: 430 km²
- Land: 430 km²
- Water: 0 km²
- Area comparative
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- Australia comparative: 5.5 times smaller than the Australian Capital Territory
- Canada comparative: slightly larger than London
- United Kingdom comparative: slightly larger than Saint Helena
- United States comparative: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
- Land boundaries
- 0 km
- Coastline
- 97 km
- Maritime claims
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- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Climate
- Tropical; rainy season (June to October)
- Terrain
- Relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Highest point: Mount Hillaby 336 m
- Natural resources
- Petroleum, fish, natural gas
- Land use
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- Arable land: 37%
- Permanent crops: 0%
- Permanent pastures: 5%
- Forests and woodland: 12%
- Other: 46% (1993 est.)
- Irrigated land
- NA km²
- Natural hazards
- Infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides
- Environment - current issues
- Pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers
- Environment - international agreements
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- Party to: Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
- Signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity
- Geography - note
- Easternmost Caribbean island
Reference
Much of the material in this article adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
See also: Barbados