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
territorial sea: 12 NM
continental shelf: 200 NM or to the outer edge of the continental margin
contiguous zone: 24 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: 15%
permanent crops: 9%
other: 76% (1998 est.)

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, Nuclear Test Ban, 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

NOTE: The information regarding Trinidad and Tobago on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Trinidad and Tobago Geography 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Trinidad and Tobago Geography 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.