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Geography
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
12 07 N, 61 40 W
Area: 
total: 344 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
206
land: 344 sq km
water: 0 sq km
twice the size of Washington, DC
0 km
121 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical; tempered by northeast trade winds
volcanic in origin with central mountains
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Saint Catherine 840 m
timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
arable land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 29.41%
other: 64.71% (2005)
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lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
the administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
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