Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge
Navassa Island is an uninhabited island in the Windward Passage of the Caribbean Sea. Located east of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and 40 nautical miles west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Haiti and the United States, the latter of which administers the island through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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| Designation | National Wildlife Refuge, marine |
| Managed by | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Territory | U.S. Minor Outlying Islands |
| Boundary extent | 363,650 acres inside the boundary, most of it water |
| FWS region | Region 4 |
| Center point | 18.40° N, 75.02° W |
Boundary map
Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees
The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.
Reference
Questions people ask
How big is Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge?
363,650 acres inside the boundary, most of it water.
Source: How acreage is computed
Who manages Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Where is Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge?
The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands.
Source: How states are assigned
How do I get to Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge?
A point inside the boundary is at 18.403° N, 75.016° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sources
- Boundary, name: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge boundary layer.
- States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
- Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings. This unit is mostly water, so the figure is the area inside the boundary rather than land.
- Description: Navassa Island on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
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