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Grenada Geography Profile

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LocationCaribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Geographic coordinates12 07 N, 61 40 W
Map referencesCentral America and the Caribbean
Areatotal: 344 sq km

land: 344 sq km

water: 0 sq km
Area - comparativetwice the size of Washington, DC
Land boundariestotal: 0 km
Coastline121 km
Maritime claimsterritorial sea: 12 nm

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climatetropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
Terrainvolcanic in origin with central mountains
Elevation extremeshighest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
Natural resourcestimber, tropical fruit
Land useagricultural land: 32.3% (2018 est.)

arable land: 8.8% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 20.6% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 2.9% (2018 est.)

forest: 50% (2018 est.)

other: 17.7% (2018 est.)
Irrigated land20 sq km (2012)
Total renewable water resources200 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
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

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

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021