This island is rich in phosphorite which in 1857 was mistaken for a more profitable substance, inspiring Jimmy Skaggs to write about this island in his 1994 book "The Great Guano Rush.
In 1998 and 1999, expeditions with the Quest to this island discovered the last living specimen of a species of Pseudopheonix sargentti saonae, a type of palm tree endemic to this island. The west coast of this island is home to Lulu Bay, and this island is home to a lighthouse built in 1917 which appears on its unofficial flag. This island is rich in phosphorite which in 1857 was mistaken for a more profitable substance, inspiring Jimmy Skaggs to write about this island in his 1994 book "The Great Guano Rush." A 2 square mile uninhabited island belonging to the (*) United States, this is, for 15 points, what island near the Jamaica Channel, located between Jamaica and Haiti?
In 1998 and 1999, expeditions with the Quest to this island discovered the last living specimen of a species of Pseudopheonix sargentti saonae, a type of palm tree endemic to this island.
Navassa Island