Portland Point is the southernmost point in
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 His ...
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[UK ]Directorate of Overseas Surveys
The Ordnance Survey International or Ordnance Survey Overseas Directorate its predecessors built an archive of air photography, map and survey records for the United Kingdom from 1946 to 1999. The Ordnance Survey International Collection (formerly ...
1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet H, 1973. It is halfway along the island's south coast at the end of a hilly peninsula in
Clarendon.
A large bay,
Portland Bight, lies to the east of it.
See also
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List of countries by southernmost point
This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the southernmost point under the control of a nation is listed, excluding points within Antarctica and its outlying islands south of 60°S. Non-UN political en ...
References
{{Geographical extremities of Jamaica
Headlands of Jamaica
Extreme points of Jamaica
Geography of Clarendon Parish, Jamaica