Geography of Grenada

source: CIA World Fact Book 1997

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Geographic coordinates: 12 07 N, 61 40 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

• total : 340 sq km
• land: 340 sq km
• water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative: twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 121 km

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

Climate: tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds

Terrain: volcanic in origin with central mountains

• lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
• highest point : Mount Saint Catherine 840 m

Natural resources: timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

• arable land : 15%
• permanent crops: 18%
• permanent pastures: 3%
• forests and woodland: 9%
• other: 55% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November

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

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