Green Bay (Antigua, Green Island)

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Green Bay
Connects waters Caribbean Sea ( Atlantic )
with water Nonsuch Bay
Separates land mass Antigua
of land mass Green Island
Data
Geographical location 17 ° 3 '55 "  N , 61 ° 40' 15"  W Coordinates: 17 ° 3 '55 "  N , 61 ° 40' 15"  W.
Green Bay (Antigua and Barbuda)
Green Bay

Green Bay is the name given to the strait between the Caribbean island of Antigua and its eastern side island, Green Island .

Green Bay stretches between the southeastern peninsula of Antigua and the south coast of Green Island, southwards approximately to the Cape Neck of Land and the York Bank , one kilometer away , from where the open Atlantic begins.

The strait is named as the 'bay' because Green Island is only 350 meters offshore from Cape Conk Point , and it therefore looks like a closed bay. Nevertheless, Green Bay is the southern passage into Nonsuch Bay , which is otherwise sealed off from the sea by a poorly navigable reef. Between the Neck of Land and the western southern tip of Green Island, the width is only about 600 meters, then the indentation opens again to about a kilometer before the passage into Nonsuch Bay begins.

On the shores of Green Bay are the holiday home and tourism locations around Mill Reef of St. Phillip's Parish , with the bays Devils Hole (Green Bay Beach) and Rickets Bay . Green Island is private and uninhabited, and also has beautiful beaches.

Green Bay has been part of the North East Marine Management Area ( NEMMA , 78 km²) since 2006 , a rather unspecific protected area of ​​the island area off the northeast and east coast.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b according to local understanding, the Antiguan east coast is considered "Atlantic"; the International Hydrographic Organization  (IHO) defines the Caribbean-Atlantic coast along the 100-fathom line (approx. 180 m), which lies a few nautical miles from Antigua. International Hydrographic Organization (Ed.): Limits of oceans and seas . 3. Edition. Special publication, no. 23 . Imp.Monégasque, Monte-Carlo 1953, 27. - Caribbean Sea , p. 14th f . (English, iho-ohi.net [PDF] p. 16).
  2. ^ Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - Environment and Sustainable Development Unit; Ecoengineering Caribbean Limited (Ed.): Northeast marine management area (NEMMA), Antigua (=  Environmental and socio-economic studies for OPAAL demonstration sites . Eco report, no. 10/2007 ). St. Augustine, Trinidad, WI July 31, 2007, Table 1: Offshore islands in NEMMA , p. 43 (English, parkscaribbean.net [PDF] p. 67).
  3. ↑ so z. B. German Hydrographic Institute: West India Handbook. Volume 2 The Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands, and the Greater Antilles (except Cuba). 3rd edition 1956, p. 228 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  4. ↑ Green Bay Isthmus Beach , antigua-guide.info: Beaches
  5. ↑ Green Island Beach , antigua-guide.info: Beaches