Location: Caribbean,
island in the Caribbean Sea, west
of Haiti and south of Cuba
Area:
total: 10,990 sq
km
land: 10,830 sq km
water: 160 sq km
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 1,022 km
Maritime claims: measured from claimed
archipelagic baselines
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
Environment current issues: deforestation;
coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil
spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results
from vehicle emissions
Environment international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
Ship Pollution, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
