Navassa Island

Navassa Island is a small, uninhabited island located in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands and is an unincorporated territory of the United States. The island is located about 50 miles west of Haiti and is about two square miles in size. It is made up of a limestone plateau and has a number of caves and sinkholes. There are no permanent residents on Navassa Island.

Navassa Island was discovered in 1801 by Captain Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte, a younger brother of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, and it was named after the Navassa phosphate company, which mined guano (bird droppings) on the island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The island has a small landing strip and a number of buildings, including a lighthouse, but these are only used by occasional visitors. Navassa Island is home to a number of species of birds, including the red-footed booby and the white-tailed tropicbird, and it is an important nesting site for these and other seabirds. The island is also home to a number of species of reptiles, including lizards and snakes.

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