!!!Curacao: Geography ||Location|Caribbean, an island in the Caribbean Sea - 55 km off the coast of Venezuela ||Geographic Coordinates|12 10 N, 69 00 W[{GoogleMap location='12.166667,-69.0' zoom='4'}] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|364 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Caribbean Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mt. Christoffel, 372m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|generally low, hilly terrain ||Natural Hazards|Curacao is south of the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened ||Natural Resource|calcium phosphates, aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit ||Land Use|''arable land: ''10%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''90% (2011) ||Climate|tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in mild temperatures; semiarid with average rainfall of 600 mm/year ||Irrigated Land|NA ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA ||Environment - international agreements|NA ||Large Cities| ||Geography-note|Curacao is a part of the Windward Islands (southern) group