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Geography
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
13 15 N, 61 12 W
Area: 
total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
country comparison to the world: 
202
land: 389 sq km
water: 0 sq km
twice the size of Washington, DC
0 km
84 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
volcanic, mountainous
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: La Soufriere 1,234 m
hydropower, cropland
arable land: 17.95%
permanent crops: 17.95%
other: 64.1% (2005)
10 sq km (2003)
total: 0.01
per capita: 83 cu m/yr (1995)
hurricanes; Soufriere volcano on the island of Saint Vincent is a constant threat
pollution of coastal waters and shorelines from discharges by pleasure yachts and other effluents; in some areas, pollution is severe enough to make swimming prohibitive
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, 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; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is comprised of 32 islands and cays
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