Netherlands Antilles
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Netherlands Antilles
Official name: | Netherlands Antilles |
Capital: | Willemstad |
Area: | total: 960 sq km note: includes Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten (Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin) water: 0 sq km land: 960 sq km |
Climate: | tropical; ameliorated by northeast trade winds |
Location: | Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other is east of the Virgin Islands |
Geographic coordinates: | 12 15 N, 68 45 W |
Comparative Area: | more than five times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries: | total: 10.2 km border countries: Guadeloupe (Saint Martin) 10.2 km |
Coastline: | 364 km |
Terrain: | generally hilly, volcanic interiors |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m |
Map of Netherlands Antilles