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Barbados map
Area: 166 sq mi
(430 sq km) / World Rank:188
Location: Northern and Western Hemispheres, Caribbean Sea, northeast of
Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates: 13°10′N, 59°32W
Borders: None
Coastline: 60 mi (97 km)
Territorial Seas: 12 NM (22 km)
Highest Point: Mt. Hillaby, 1,102 ft (336 m)
Lowest Point: Sea level
Longest Distances: 21 mi (34 km) N-S / 14 mi (23 km) E-W
Longest River: None of significant size
Natural Hazards: Landslides and occasional hurricanes
Population: 275,330 (July 2001 est.) / World Rank: 173
Capital City: Bridgetown, on the southwestern coast
Largest City: Bridgetown, 126,000 (2000 est.)
Barbados
The second smallest
country in the independent-Western Hemisphere and
the most easterly of the Caribbean Island, Barbados is located between
the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It is located east of
the Windward Islands and about 200 km (320 miles) north-northeast of
Trinidad and Tobago. The low island is composed of limestone and coral
and almost completely surrounded by coral reefs underwater. Barbados is
located in the Caribbean Tectonic plates. Several rocks were created
internal from past seismic activity.
Barbados is mostly
flat, but a series of terraces rises from the west
coast to a central ridge, which ends with the highest point, Mt.
Hillaby (1102 ft / 336 m), in
north-central part
of the island. Cliff Hackleton at the eastern edge
of the central plateau of the island rises to 1,000 feet (305 m) above
sea level and extends for several kilometers. South and east of this
elevated area is smaller than the Christ
Church crest. They
are separated from the Valley of San Giorgio.
At one time this
valley was covered by a shallow sea with each ridge
forming a separate island. The west coast of Barbados Caribbean borders
Sea, and the
eastern coast borders the North Atlantic Ocean. The port
city of Bridgetown is Barbados only natural harbor, Carlisle Bay,
south-west end of the 'island. The coast is surrounded by flat land and
wide strips of sandy beach. A Ragged Point east end of the island,
forming a shallow flat rocks, jagged edge to
ocean. The ends of
the south and north of the island known as South
Point and North Point, respectively.
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