Geography of Dominica

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago

Geographic coordinates: 13 30 N, 61 20 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

• total: 750 sq km
• land: 750 sq km
• water : 0 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 148 km

• contiguous zone: 24 nm
• exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall

Terrain: rugged mountains of volcanic origin

• lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
• highest point: Morne Diablatins 1,447 m

Natural resources: timber

• arable land : 9%
• permanent crops: 13%
• permanent pastures: 3%
• forests and woodland: 67%
• other : 8% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months

• party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
• signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements