Zion's Hill, also known by its former name Hell's Gate, is a town on the
Dutch Caribbean island of
Saba.
[The villages of Saba (Saba Tourist Bureau)]
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History
Hell's Gate was officially named "Zion's Hill" after complaints from the church forced the island's government to change the name. However, "Hell's Gate" is still commonly used by many Sabans and tourists.
Main sights
Overview
Hell's Gate is home to the Queen of The Holy Rosary Church, a stone structure built in 1962,Saba spice Saba may refer to:
Places
* Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea
* Şaba (Romanian for Shabo), a town of the Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
* Sabá, a municipality in the department of Colón, Honduras
* Saba (river), L ...
, a locally brewed rum drink.
Hell's Gate
Lower Hell's Gate is home to a now-closed sulfur
Sulfur (or sulphur in British English) is a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula ...
mine where visitors may explore with caution. Hell's Gate is also the start to the Crispin trail. The trail takes roughly 2 hours to complete and has views of Diamond Rock and the Saban coastline.[ Hell's Gate is about above sea level.]
Transport
It is the first town one reaches after leaving the Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport
Juancho E. Irausquin Airport is an airport on the Caribbean Netherlands, Dutch Caribbean island of Saba (island), Saba. Its runway is widely acknowledged as the shortest commercial runway in the world, with a length of .
Overview
The airport, n ...
, the smallest commercial airport in the world.
See also
* Mount Scenery
References
External links
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Populated places in Saba