STATIA

St. Eustatius, affectionately referred to as Statia, measures 5 miles long and 2 miles wide, covers an area of 11.8 square miles and has a population of approximately 2100 inhabitants. It's located in the Northeastern Caribbean 150 miles East of Puerto Rico, 90 miles East of St. Croix, 38 miles South of St. Maarten and 17 miles Southeast of Saba. Statia's coordinates are 17.00 latitude and 63.04 in longitude. Featuring an extinct volcano, black sand beaches and a lush tropical flora, Statia will astonish you with views similar to the Hawaiian islands in the Pacific. Together with sister islands Saba and St. Maarten, Statia forms the Windward Islands of the Dutch Caribbean.