evidence: Navassa Island is located in the Greater Antilles between Cuba and Jamaica near Haiti. The island is claimed by both the U.S. and Haiti, as it lies on the Haitian island shelf. Navassa was annexed by the U.S. in 1857, but is now an uninhabited nature reserve.Bajo Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank also lie in the Caribbean Sea and are the smallest areas of the Minor Outlying Islands, each with a land area of 0.02 km². The Bajo Nuevo Bank is also known as Petrel Island. Serranilla Bank consists of 3 individual islands and 2 rock formations that form an atoll that is almost submerged today. The coral reef covers a sea area of over 1200 km². All islands are uninhabited, the only structure is a lighthouse on Beacon Cay.