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Pedro Cays Lighthouse
__NOTOC__ Pedro Cays Lighthouse is a lighted beacon south of Jamaica on the north side of Northeast Cay (Top Cay) in the Pedro Cays. ''Canadian Coast Guard Notices to Mariners''. Reftrieved 26 August 2016Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004 , Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005. The Pedro Cays are administratively part of Kingston, Jamaica. It is maintained by th [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Cays
Pedro Bank is a large bank of sand and coral, partially covered with seagrass, about 80 km south and southwest of Jamaica, rising steeply from a seabed of 800 metres depth. It slopes gently from the Pedro Cays to the west and north with depths from . The total area of the bank within the isobath measures . The area of a depth to is triangular, long east-west, and wide. are less than deep. With its islets, cays and rocks, a total land area of , it is the location of one of the two offshore island groups of Jamaica, the other one being the Morant Cays (Jamaica also has nearshore islands like the Port Royal Cays). The bank is centered at . Pedro Bank is a part of submarine Nicaragua Rise, which stretches from Cabo Gracias a Dios through Rosalind Bank to Jamaica. History Pedro Bank was originally named 'Viper Bank', es, Placer de la Víbora, by Spanish mariners because its shallow reefs, rocks and shoals are laid out in the shape of a gigantic serpent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. In the Americas, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city in the Caribbean. The local government bodies of the parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act of 1923, to form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Greater Kingston, or the "Corporate Area" refers to those areas under the KSAC; however, it does not solely refer to Kingston Parish, which only consists of the old downtown and Port Royal. Kingston Parish had a population of 89,057, and St. Andrew Parish had a population of 573,369 in 2011 Kingston is only bordered by Saint Andrew to the east, west and north. The geographical border for the parish of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lighthouses In Jamaica
This is a list of lighthouses in Jamaica. There are nine onshore lighthouses in operation and two offshore.Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004 , Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005. They are maintained by th Port Authority of Jamaica an agency of th Ministry of Transport and Works Cornwall, Jamaica, Cornwall * Lover’s Leap Lighthouse, Southfield, Jamaica, Southfield * * Negril Lighthouse, Negril * * Rose Hall Lighthouse, Saint James ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouses In Jamaica
This is a list of lighthouses in Jamaica. There are nine onshore lighthouses in operation and two offshore.Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004 , Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005. They are maintained by th Port Authority of Jamaica an agency of th Ministry of Transport and Works * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
