Country name
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Navassa Island

Data code BQ

Dependency status unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior; in September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse located on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced against the island

National capital none; administered from Washington, DC

Legal system NA

Flag description the flag of the US is used

NOTE: The information regarding Navassa Island on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Navassa Island Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Navassa Island Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.