Basic Information About Barbados

Location The island of Barbados is located in the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela.
Neighbors St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (both West of Barbados).
Area430 square kilometers (or166 square miles)23 km (14 miles) at widest point34 km (21 miles) long
Topography Barbados is primarily flat and low-lying. The land tends to slope towards the interior where there are some higherregions. The highest point, Mount Hillaby, is 336 meters or 1,100 ft above sea level. It is located in the Scotland District in the parish of St. Andrew. Apart from large sugar cane estates andpastures, there are some marshes and mangrove swamps in certain areas.
Unlike some neighboring islands, Barbados is non-volcanic, composed primarily of limestone-coral.

Territorial Waters Territorial sea:12 nmExclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Notes Barbados is the most eastern of the Caribbean islands.It is considered part of the Lesser Antilles.

The weather in Barbados rarely drops below 75degrees Fahrenheit in the winter months December to March, and rarely goes above 85 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer months May to October. The hurricane season runs from June until December when humiditycan be quite unpleasant but the rest of the year enjoys cooling trade northeast trade winds.
Barbados Flag Description:The Barbados flag consists of three equal vertical stripes - the left and rightstripes are blue and the middle stripe is yellow/gold. There is a black trident head in the middle of the Barbados flag and a yellow/gold stripe.

Barbados Flag Meaning:The left blue striperepresents the sky and the yellow/gold stripe symbolizes the sand. The right blue stripe represents the sea. The trident in the middle of the Barbados flag represents Barbados independence from the British,with each point of the trident representing the three principles of democracy which are government of, for and by the Barbados people.

Language English is the official language spoken with a...