List of beaches in Antigua and Barbuda
This list gives an overview of the beaches of the Caribbean island state of Antigua and Barbuda .
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overview
The country consists of the islands of Antigua and Barbuda (and the remote uninhabited island Redonda ), in the middle section of the island chain of the West Indies , as one of the more northerly of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles .
Both islands are of volcanic origin, but in comparison to the other Antilles islands they are relatively old and therefore without a pronounced central mountain range. They are surrounded by the shallow sea of the submarine base and by mature coral reefs , which protects against erosion and supplies the beaches with the famous pure white sand, which is slightly pink on Barbuda.
The island's beaches form the economic base of the small state, but tourism in Antigua and Barbuda is not as pronounced as on other Caribbean islands. The development only started in the 1980s. Under Lester Bird , however, the development of tourism infrastructure was intensively promoted, partly with high land consumption, which also meant that some of the most important mangrove swamps on Antigua were sacrificed. At times, the exploitation of sand was also carried out - in the mid-1990s, Barbuda was the main source of construction sand in the eastern Caribbean. Due to the lack of mountains, both islands have no orographic cloud and little accumulation of precipitation, which has affected the important littoral freshwater reserves. In the 1990s, an ecological and oppositional protest movement arose, with some violent protests against new building projects. Nevertheless, can be found on both islands untapped beaches, in 1988 eight beaches were as unerschliessbar declared (by Parliament Undeveloped Beaches , beach reserves ). In view of the rising sea level caused by global warming and for environmental reasons , more focus is now being placed on protecting beaches . The rethinking process was triggered by Hurricane Luis in September 1995, which caused severe coastal damage. In some areas there is permanent loss of land on the beaches. Since the mid-2000s there has been further expansion, but more in the sense of a quality tourism integrated into the regional structure ( soft tourism ).
Beaches are in principle public property (state land) and freely accessible, in some cases also privately owned. Topless in public is considered offensive.
open Crescent beach (Jolly Beach)
sheltered pocket beach (Freeman's Bay / English Harbor)
tourist beach section
natural beach
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Antigua
Antigua is the more mountainous of the two islands ( Mount Obama , ex Boggy Peak , 402 m ), and the coast is relatively richly structured, with offshore islands, some deep, harbor - suitable fjord-like bays, otherwise typical with lateral cliffs and a crescent-shaped beach in front of the tropical forest (more open crescent beaches and deeply recessed pocket beaches ). The northeast coast is flat, swampy to rocky, with only a few larger, but numerous small sandy beaches. The bays on the east, north-west and north coast facing the open Atlantic are considered rougher than those on the Caribbean interior, but are partly well protected by offshore reefs.
The island boasts - as a popular advertising slogan - “365 beaches, one for each day of the year.” The following list gives the larger beaches.
- 1st column: sets pre-sorting, this leads counter-clockwise around the island and starts in the northwest
- K ... coastline of the island (northwest, southwest, south, east, northeast, north)
Barbuda
Barbuda is a flat, sparsely populated island with a barely indented coast. It is almost completely lined by the beach, lined with palm trees or in front of bushland. Due to the lack of water, the beaches are not habitable, so there are only a few tourist businesses and they are considered to be particularly unpolluted and natural.
The island is known for its pink beaches, which get their delicate tint from ground corals and foraminifera; it is particularly evident at the waterline.
- 1st column: sets pre-sorting, this leads counterclockwise around the island and begins in the northwest
- K … part of the coast of the island
| Beach / bay system | place | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mile Beach ( Billy Point , Cedar Tree Point , Low Bay ) | N / W | - | mostly Frigate Bird Sanctury and Codrington Lagoon and the Creek Important Bird Area ; Palm Beach : Lighthouse Bay Resort, Palm Beach Cottages | |
| Palmetto Point | W / SW | Codrington | The Beach House (ex Palmetto Hotel), Dulcina Hotel-Jetty | |
| Princess Diana Beach (Pink Sand Beach) | W / SW | - | Pink Sand Villa and Campsite | |
| Cocoa Point (Coco Point) | SW | - | Coco Point Lodge | |
| Gravenor Bay (Spanish Point) | S. | - | remote | |
| East coast beaches ( Pelican Bay , Castle Bay , Rubbish Bay , Two Foot Bay ) | O | - | untouched | |
| North beaches (Fishing Creek / Cob Cove / Goat Point ) | NO / N | - | on Goat Island , untouched; North Beach Villas |
literature
- Jeff Baldwin: The contested beach. Resistance and Resort development in Antigua, West Indies . Chapter 14. In: Carolyn L. Cartier, Alan A. Lew (Eds.): Seductions of Place: Geographical Perspectives on Globalization and Touristed Landscapes . tape 19 from Critical Geographies . Psychology Press, 2005, ISBN 0-415-19219-6 , Part III The Beach , pp. 203–221 , there pp. 218–236 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- D. Black, G. Cambers, D. Farquhar, C. Jeffrey, G. Looby, C. O'Marde: Analysis of Beach Changes in Antigua and Barbuda between 1992 and 1995. COSALC report, vols. 1 & 2, 1996.
- Gillian Cambers: Coastal Development Setback - Guidelines in Antigua and Barbuda . tape 1 from COSALC - Coast and Beach Stability in the Caribbean Islands. Planning for Coastline Change . Paris June 1998 ( unesco.org [PDF]).
Web links
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Map with all linked sites: OSM | WikiMap
- The Beaches of Antigua , antigua-guide.info - with articles on the individual beaches of Antigua and Barbuda
- Beaches , antiguanice.com → Things to do - with articles
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lit. Baldwin: The contested beach . Section Desiring the Caribbean , p. 207 ( Google Book Search, p. 222 there ).
- ↑ Lit. Baldwin: The contested beach . especially section Lester's alchemy: sand into dollars with Table 14.1 Resort development along Atlantic and Carebean Coasts , 1947–97, p. 209 f . ( Google book search, table there p. 225 ).
- ↑ a b Lit. Baldwin: The contested beach . in particular section Costal ecologies as agents , with Figure 14.2 Caribbean coast tourism and resort landscape alterations (map Südwest-Antigau), p. 210 ff . ( Google book search, map there p. 228 ).
- ↑ evidence UPA 1994a, p 1 in Baldwin: The contested beach . S. 214 ( Google Book Search, p. 229 ).
- ↑ on the even flatter Barbuda, the sand mining at Palmetto Point Dune Field in 1987 even lost the only reliable permanent source. CCA 1991, p. 8, according to Baldwin: The contested beach . S. 214 .
- ↑ Baldwin: The contested beach . Section Popular opposition , and the following remarks on Carlisle Bay 19991, Coconut Hall at Seatons 1995/96, Asian Hall on Guiana Island 1997, p. 215 ff . ( Google book search, p. 230 ff ).
- ↑ 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, 3.2.3 Protected Areas , p. 39 , Sp. 1 ( ab.gov.ag [PDF; accessed on February 22, 2014] there p. 57). ab.gov.ag ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 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.
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^ A b c Beach erosion in Antigua-Barbuda , UNESCO Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI);
Website Managing beach resources and planning for coastline change, Caribbean islands , UNESCO CSI (formerly Coast and beach stability in the Caribbean - COSALC) - there also references. - ↑ Melesha Banhan, Ato Lewis (arr.): National Circumstances . Chapter 1, on a report on Climate Change Third National Communication , onA Ed .: Global Environment Facility. 2010, 1.3.1.4 Beaches , p. 17 ( Antigua and Barbuda's Second National Communication On Climate Change ( Memento of March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF]). National Circumstances ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 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.
- ↑ cf. Antigua Acquires an Upscale Profile , Shelley Emling in The New York Times online, Great Homes and Destinations , April 15, 2010, accessed February 10, 2014.
- ↑ a b The Beaches of Antigua and Barbuda , on antigua-barbuda.org - The official website of the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Tourism ; The same. ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , High Commission for Antigua and Barbuda, antigua-barbuda.com, both accessed February 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b Hawksbill Resort is the only nudist bathing facility in the country; Top Caribbean Nude Beaches - Best Topless and Nude Beaches in the Caribbean . Gocaribbean.about.com. April 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
- ^ Lit. Cambers: Coastal Development Setback . 1998, Table 2. Setback Distances for Beaches in Antigua and Barbuda , Figure 2. Beach Setback Categories in Antigua and Figure 3. Beach Setback Categories in Barbuda , p. 12, 14, 15 resp . (pdf p. 15, 17, 18; “ Table 2 shows the setbacks for specific beaches in Antigua and Barbuda. Setbacks have been calculated for all the major beaches in Antigua. ” Quotation p. 11, 4th paragraph).
- ↑ a b follows the overview of the Department of Tourism; also largely corresponds to the Parish division of Antigua, which runs along the larger bays; The Beaches of Antigua and Barbuda , at antigua-barbuda.org, accessed February 14, 2014
- ↑ barbudaful things to do and see - nature tourism ( memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , our natural world - barbuda is a wildlife paradise , both barbudaful.net, accessed February 18, 2013
- ↑ Beach Of The Week - Pink Sands of Barbuda . ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Blog entry in JHR Caribbean Real Estate , October 25, 2012, accessed February 18, 2013
- ↑ officially named in honor of the English princess. Cabinet approves naming of Princess Diana Beach , The Daily Antiguan Observer online, April 20, 2011.
