Barnacle Point
| Barnacle Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 17 ° N , 62 ° W | |
| Waters 1 | North Sound (Antigua) , North Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Winthorbes Bay / Falmouth Harbor | |
| length | 1 000 km | |
Barnacle Point is a cape on the northeast coast of the Caribbean island of Antigua , in the state of Antigua and Barbuda . Today it is largely covered by the facilities of Antigua Airport, VC Bird .
Location and landscape
Barnacle Point extends approximately 8 kilometers east of St. John's in the North Sound , the north-western bay of the Atlantic coast of Antigua protected by islands and reefs . The approximately 1 kilometer long peninsula stretches eastward and separates Winthorbes Bay in the north and Fitches Creek Bay in the south, the bay directly to the south is the estuary of Winthorpes Foot Creek . It also forms the eastern cape of Falmouth Harbor , to which Fitches Creek forms a side bay, the eastern enclosure of which is the Crabbs Peninsula . Opposite Barnacle Point is Maiden Island .
History and buildings
Fort Byam
Falmouth is the oldest port on the island. The English built Fort Byam here early on , a facility that secured the Old North Sound Harbor , as the entire bay of Falmouth was initially called. across from Crabbs there was a position at Old Fort Point . From the late 19th century, the complex fell into disrepair.
Coolidge Airfield
Coolidge Air Force Base was built here during World War II . The Americans needed a base for anti-submarine defense to secure the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, and the relatively shallow North Sound seemed ideal. The runway of the military airfield ran directly over the peninsula onto the bay, and most of the ruins of Fort Byam fell victim to the construction work. Today the runway is only used as a parking space, the new runway of the international airport leads northwest over Winthorbes Bay.
Antigua Air Station (USAF) / Antigua Tracking Station (NASA)
There is also a military radar system on the Cape , the USAF Antigua Air Station , which also monitors rocket launches from Cape Canaveral , Florida. In the 1990s, space shuttle missions were also followed here ( Antigua Tracking Station of NASA). The facility replaced the Dow Hill Tracking Station (1966–1970). Other space missions were also followed later, such as the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory in 2011. The dismantling of the radar system is planned for 2014.
natural reserve
South of the peninsula. Around Winthorpes Foot Creek, there are still some of the best preserved mangrove swamps on the island, so a Fitches Creek Protected Area (onA) is under discussion here, it should include Winthorpes Foot Creek and Fitches Creek estuary. An Important Bird Area Fitches Creek Bay has been identified by BirdLife International that extends across to the Crabbs Peninsula . The water areas around Barnacle Point are supervised by the North East Marine Management Area ( NEMMA ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Antigua . Robert Baker, Thomas Jefferys , 1775 ( File: Antigua 1775.jpg )
- ^ Susan Lowes: The US Bases in Antigua and the New Winthorpes Story. (No longer available online.) In: columbia.edu. Teachers College / Columbia University, archived from the original on March 11, 2014 ; Retrieved on March 14, 2014 (English, especially section The New Winthorpes Story (undated)). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; also on antiguahistory.net
- ↑ a b U.S. Air Force (Ed.): Environmental Impact Analysis Process Environmental Review. Starlab Site On Antigua . September 7, 1990 ( pdf , dtic.mil [accessed on March 14, 2014] esp. 3.5 Cultural Resources 3.5.1, p. 38; 3.3.1 Telemetry , p. 30; maps Figure 5 General layout of the telemetry site on Antigua , p. 20; Figure 5 Boundaries of the telemetry site on Antigua , p. 20; Photo Figure 10 View of the Telemetry site on 11/18/88 .). Also as an appendix Bruce K. Nodine: Report of Phase II Archaeological Survey. Starlab Program, Antigua . August 14, 1990.
- ↑ US Air Force Base and Antigua Government sign agreement ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , High Commission for Antigua and Barbuda, Issue NO.91 August 2004
- ↑ → en: Missile Test Project
- ^ Antigua, West Indies. In: NASA Tracking Stations - Past and Present. Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, accessed March 16, 2014 .
- ^ Mars Science Lander launch coverage . In: NASA TV . NASA. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ Rory Butler: US Air Station to begin dismantling radar next year. In: Antigua Observer online. April 2, 2013, accessed March 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Genivar Trinidad & Tobago; Ivor Jackson and Associates, Kingdome Consultants Inc. (Assoc.): Sustainable Island Resource Management Zoning Plan for Antigua and Barbuda (including Redonda) . Port of Spain December 2011, 3.2.2.1 Significance of Ecosystems , p. 35 , col. 2 f . ( pdf , ab.gov.ag, there p. 53 [accessed on February 22, 2014] Areas of the investigation maps Critical Environment Areas , after p. 32). pdf ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ AG007 Fitches Creek Bay. Site profile. In: birdlife.org> Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs). BirdLife International, accessed February 28, 2014 .
