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: | 0 km |
| Coastline: | 362 km |
| Maritime claims: | measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin
contiguous zone: 24 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm |
| Climate: | tropical; rainy season (June to December) |
| Terrain: | mostly plains with some hills and low mountains |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m |
| Natural resources: | petroleum, natural gas, asphalt |
| Land use: | arable land: 14.62%
permanent crops: 9.16%
other: 76.22% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 30 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | outside usual path of hurricanes and other tropical storms |
| Environment - current issues: | water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion |
| Environment - international agreements: | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - note: | Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt
Source: CIA World Factbook
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