Geography of Haiti Geography of Haiti The nation of Haiti comprises the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, west of the Dominican Republic and between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. Haiti's geographic coordinates are at a longitude of 72° 25′ west and a latitude of 19° 00′ north. The total area is 27,750km,² of which 27,560km² is land and 190km² is water. This makes Haiti slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Maryland. Haiti has 1,771km of coastline and a 360km-border with the Dominican Republic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of Haiti"
The reef-fringed Gonave Island is located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the Gulf of Gonave ( ). Made up of mostly limestone, the island of Gonave is 60 km (37 miles) long and 15 km (9 miles) wide and covers an area of 743 sq. km (287 sq. miles). The island is mostly barren and hilly with the highest point reaching 300 meters (984 feet). The rugged, barren, dry landscape prevents the cultivation of the land for agriculture and human population on the island is scarce. The island was once used as a base for pirates. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gonave Island"
The island of Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying east of Cuba. Christopher Columbus arrived there on December 5, 1492, and on his second voyage in 1493 founded the first Spanish colony in the New World on it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hispaniola"
The Hispaniolan pine forests are a tropical coniferous forest ecoregion found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The ecoregion covers 11,600 km² (4,500 square miles) or about 15% of the island. The ecoregion lies above 850 meters elevation in the mountains of Hispaniola, extending from the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic and into the northern massif of Haiti. It is surrounded at lower elevations by the Hispaniolan moist forests and Hispaniolan dry forests ecoregions, which covers the remainder of the island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hispaniolan pine forests"
Marmelade is the name of a town, arrondissement, and former duchy in the Artibonite department of Haiti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marmelade"
Navassa Island or La Navase in Haitian Kreyòl is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. The government of the United States claims the island as an unincorporated territory of the United States, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, and it is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. However, California businessman Bill Warren has advanced a claim against the island (using the Guano Islands Act), and it is also claimed by Haiti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Navassa Island"
Tortuga ( Spanish for turtle or tortoise) or Isla Tortuga is an island in the Caribbean Sea. Its French name is Île de la Tortue, and it is also called "Tortoise Island" and was a home for 17th century pirates. The location of Tortuga Isle is north of what is present-day Haiti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tortuga"
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The Windward Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. ...more on Wikipedia about "Windward Passage"
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