Crown Point is a town in southwestern

Tobago Tobago () is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within the Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger island of Trini ...

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

. It contains the

A.N.R. Robinson International Airport A. N. R. Robinson International Airport (formerly ''Crown Point International Airport'') is an international airport located on Crown Point, Tobago in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southwesternmost part of the island, near the t ...

which was formerly known as the Crown Point International Airport. It is near Store Bay, Buccoo Reef, and Pigeon Point.

Crusoe Cave Crusoe Cave is a sea cave on Crown Point, on the island of Tobago in Trinidad and Tobago. The cave is named for the titular main character of the 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' by English writer Daniel Defoe. In the novel, Crusoe is shipwrecked on ...

is located nearby.

History

The name component "Crown" does not derive from the English word "crown", but from the Englisch word "couronian", referring to the

Duchy of Courland and Semigallia The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ( la, Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; german: Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; lv, Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste; lt, Kuršo ir Žiemgalos kunigaikštystė; pl, Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii) was ...

that ruled over Tobago in the late 17th century.

Lighthouse

Crown Point Lighthouse Crown Point Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Scarborough, on the south west extremity of Tobago Tobago () is an List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, island and Regions and municipalities of Trinidad and Tobago, ward within ...

is an active lighthouse located in

Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, su ...

, on the south west extremity of

in the nearby the airport. The lighthouse consist of a square metal tower with gallery and lantern high and has a focalheight of . It is powered by solar unit and emits an alternating group of four white flashing repeated every 20 seconds visible up to .

References

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History

Lighthouse

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