The Netherlands Antilles had 960 km2 (1153 km2 before 1986) of land, which included no major lakes or other bodies of water.
Territory included the islands of Aruba until 1986 and Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten (which is the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin) until 2010 when the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved.[1] Its only land boundary was with France on the island of Saint Martin, which was 10.2 kilometers in length. The Netherlands Antilles had 364 kilometers (432 km before 1986) of coastline.
Elevation extremes: lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point:Mount Scenery 887 m (2,910 ft)
Natural resources:
phosphates (Curaçao only), salt (Bonaire only)
Land use: arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
90% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land:
NA km2
Natural hazards:
Curaçao and Bonaire are south of Caribbean hurricane belt and are rarely threatened; Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius are subject to hurricanes from July to October.
Environment - current issues:
NA
References
^ abFreeman, Kathleen Trayte. "Netherlands Antilles". American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlanticoceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
