GEOGRAPHY & LOCATION
Geography
Size: 70 square miles, 19.6 miles long, six miles across at its widest point.
Aruba’s highest elevation is Mount Jamanota at 617 feet.
Location: 2,090 miles from New York, 15 miles north of Venezuela.
Climate
Annual averages: temperature 82°F, rainfall 17”, water temperature 80°F.
Time
Atlantic Standard time, one hour ahead of New York except during Daylight Savings when the time is the same.
Conservation
Please respect the environment by not littering, not touching marine life or wildlife, and leaving rocks and shells in their original spaces. Also ensure souvenirs are not made from protected species like sea turtles, black coral, and the lignum vitae tree. And please reuse and refill drinking containers to help reduce the plastic trash problem.