um tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2,
short-sea/passenger 1

Airports:
35 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 22 (2004 est.)

Military Jamaica

Military branches:
Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger recruits
may be conscripted with parental consent (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 764,266 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 533,768 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 27,126 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$31 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (2003)

Transnational Issues Jamaica

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
major transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North
America and Europe; illicit cultivation of cannabis; government has
an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major
concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics
traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Jan Mayen

Introduction Jan Mayen

Background:
This desolate, mountainous island was named after a Dutch whaling
captain who indisputably discovered it in 1614 (earlier claims are
inconclusive). Visited only occasionally by seal hunters and
trappers over the following centuries, the island came under
Norwegian sovereignty in 1929. The long dormant Haakon VII
Toppen/Beerenberg volcano resumed activity in 1970; it is the
northernmost active volcano on earth.

Geography Jan Mayen

Location:
Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian
Sea, northeast of Iceland

Geographic coordinates:
71 00 N, 8 00 W

Map references:
Arctic Region

Area:
total: 373 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 373 sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
0 km

Coastline:
124.1 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 4 nm
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