Zion's Hill, also known by its former name Hell's Gate, is a town on the
Dutch Caribbean
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island of
Saba 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
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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 lace
Saba lace or as it was known in the early period, Spanish Work, is a handcrafted art of needlework designs which began as a cottage industry on the Caribbean island of Saba at the end of the 19th century and grew into one of the leading industri ...
and Saba spice, a locally brewed rum
Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is usually aged in oak barrels. Rum is produced in nearly every sugar-producing region of the world, such as the Ph ...
drink.
Hell's Gate
Lower Hell's Gate is home to a now-closed sulfur 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
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Transport
It is the first town one reaches after leaving the Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, the smallest commercial airport in the world.
See also
*Mount Scenery
Mount Scenery is an active volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands. Its lava dome forms the summit of the Saba island stratovolcano. At an elevation of , it is the highest point in both the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and, since the dissolution o ...
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Populated places in Saba