 The island itself measures about two kilometers from west to east; its width varies by two south-facing peninsulas in the range of a few hundred meters (maximum 650 m), forming several sheltered bays.Altogether, the island has an area of about 40ha.A sea-side peninsula ends in the "Man of War Point", as the eastern tip of Antigua (as a region, east point of the main island the Neck of Land), from which the Atlantic Ocean extends over nearly 4,000 kilometers to the approximately latitude Cape Verde.