Reef geology and biology of Navassa Island
By: Margaret W. Miller, Robert B. Halley, and Arthur C.R. Gleason
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Abstract
Navassa is a small oceanic island (5.2km2 in size) located ~30km west of the southwest tip of Haiti, 160km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in the heart of the Windward Passage. Navassa was claimed in 1856 by the United States. Navassa has also been claimed by Haiti since its independence in 1825 and, prior to that, was considered part of colonial Haitian territory. The current Haitian constitution (1987) claims Navassa by name as Haitian territory (Wiener 2005). This disputed sovereignty is a basis of much resource management challenge.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
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| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Reef geology and biology of Navassa Island |
| Volume | 1 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 27 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Title | Coral reefs of the USA |
| First page | 407 |
| Last page | 433 |
| Other Geospatial | Navassa Island |
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