!!!Jamaica: Geography ||Location|Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba ||Geographic Coordinates|18 15 N, 77 30 W[{GoogleMap location='18.25,-77.5' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''10,991 sq km\\''land: ''10,831 sq km\\''water: ''160 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|1,022 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Caribbean Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m ||Highest Mountains|Blue Mountain Peak 2317 m\\[[__Verified__]\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/America/Jamaica/Geography/Important_Mountains] ||Terrain|mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain ||Natural Hazards|hurricanes (especially July to November) ||Natural Resource|bauxite, gypsum, limestone ||Land Use|''arable land: ''10.92%\\''permanent crops: ''9.1%\\''other: ''79.98% (2011) ||Climate|tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior ||Irrigated Land|252.2 sq km (2003) ||Renewable Water Resources|9.4 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston from vehicle emissions ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Kingston; Spanish Town; Portmore; Montego Bay; Mandeville\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Kingston; New Kingston; Spanish Town; Portmore; Montego Bay\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Jamaica/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal