| Location | Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela |
| Geographic coordinates | 11 00 N, 61 00 W |
| Map references | Central America and the Caribbean |
| Area | total: 5,128 sq km land: 5,128 sq km water: 0 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly smaller than Delaware |
| Land boundaries | total: 0 km |
| Coastline | 362 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin measured from claimed archipelagic baselines |
| Climate | tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
| Terrain | mostly plains with some hills and low mountains |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m mean elevation: 83 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, asphalt |
| Land use | agricultural land: 10.6% (2018 est.) arable land: 4.9% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 4.3% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 1.4% (2018 est.) forest: 44% (2018 est.) other: 45.4% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 70 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 3.84 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms |
| Geography - note | Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
