Navassa

Navassa Island l'île de la Navasse
Island
Parts	Lulu Town
Location	Caribbean Sea
- coordinates	18°24′10″N 75°0′45″W / 18.40278°N 75.01250°W / 18.40278; -75.01250Coordinates: 18°24′10″N 75°0′45″W / 18.40278°N 75.01250°W / 18.40278; -75.01250
Length	4.7 km (3 mi)
Width	2.1 km (1 mi)
Area	5.4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population	Uninhabited
Animal	Wildlife preserve
Material	Coral, limestone
Easiest access	Offshore anchorage only; steep cliffs make boat landing impossible
Discovered by	Christopher Columbus
- date	1504
FIPS	bq
A map of Navassa Island.
Claimed by Haiti and United States

Navassa Island (/nəˈvæsə/; French: l'île de la Navasse; also La Navasse, La Navase) is a small, uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. The island is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Haiti and the United States, which administers it through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. has claimed the island since 1857, based on the Guano Islands Act of 1856. Haiti's claim over Navassa goes back to the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 that established French possessions in Hispaniola, that were transferred from Spain by the treaty. As well as the western half of the main island and certain other specifically named nearby islands, Haiti's also claimed "other adjacent (but unnamed) islands". Navassa was not one of the named islands. Since its 1874 Constitution, and after the establishment of the 1857 U.S. claim, Haiti has explicitly named "la Navase" as one of the territories it claims.

Navassa Island is about 2 square miles (5.2 km²) in area. It is located 35 miles (56 km) west of Haiti's southwest peninsula, 103 miles (166 km) south of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and about one-quarter of the way from mainland Haiti to Jamaica in the Jamaica Channel.

Navassa reaches an elevation of 250 feet (76 m) at Dunning Hill 110 yards (100 m) south of the lighthouse, Navassa Island Light. This location is 440 yards (400 m) from the southwestern coast or 655 yards (600 m) east of Lulu Bay.