Long Bay (Antigua Bay)
| Long Bay | ||
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea ( Atlantic ) | |
| Land mass | Antigua | |
| Geographical location | 17 ° 6 ′ 10 ″ N , 61 ° 41 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| width | approx. 1 km | |
| depth | approx. 500 m | |
The Long Bay is a bay on the northeast coast of the Caribbean island of Antigua . It is best known for its beach, Long Bay Beach ( Grand Pinapple Beach ).
Location and landscape
| Long Bay Beach (Grand Pinapple Beach) | |
|---|---|
| location | at Long Bay , St. Phillip |
| Waters | Long Bay, Caribbean Sea ( Atlantic ) |
| Geographical location | 17 ° 5 ′ 56 ″ N , 61 ° 41 ′ 25 ″ W. |
| length | 300 m |
| width | 20 m |
| nature | sand |
| Surroundings | Hotel facilities |
| tourism | |
| next hospital | Willikies Clinic (1.5 km) |
| next port | several moorings all around |
| Others | Protected Area ( Undeveloped Beach ), in NEMMA |
| List of beaches in Antigua and Barbuda | |
The Long Bay is located in the far east of the island, on the Atlantic north coast. It is a slight indentation on the tip of the northern of the two peninsulas of Nonsuch Bay , and opens to the north. In a broader sense, it extends from the headland of Dums Point westwards to around Crump Island , including the actual bay with the beach and the small Laurys Bay to the west of it. The shallow reef zone begins about 300 meters off the coast, and a small islet forms in front of Laurys Bay.
Long Bay Beach itself, also known as Grand Pinapple Beach , is about 300 meters long sandy beach, like most of Antigua's pure white beaches.
Long Bay , which is made up of several hotel complexes and a few private houses, extends along the bay .
Use and conservation
Long Bay Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches on the northeast coast. Despite the hotel complexes, it is also popular with the locals and is especially known for the beach vendors.
In 1988 the beach - with 7 others - was declared closed to private development by the government (“ to remain undeveloped ”). Since 2006, the bay has belonged to the North East Marine Management Area ( NEMMA , 78 km²), a rather unspecific protected area of the island area off the northeast and east coast, where it will probably be anchored as a tourist development zone.
The large hotel complexes (the Grand Pineapple Beach Resort , the Long Bay Hotel were recently closed) have to remain in the rear part of the beach due to the protection status with their infrastructure (berths, bars). A bar (Beach House) is accessible to non-hotel guests.
Long Bay is a popular snorkeling area and rentals are available on site.
Since the bay is largely unprotected from the free Atlantic, it is particularly affected by land loss.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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 ., p. 16 (English, iho-ohi.net [PDF]).
- ^ A b 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, 4.6.2.1 Beaches , p. 62 , p. 100 (English, parkscaribbean.net [PDF]).
- ↑ a b Long Bay on antigua-guide.info; accessed February 10, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Long Bay Beach . on antiguanice.com → Things to do ; accessed March 1, 2014.
- ↑ OECS; ECL (Ed.): NEMMA . 2007, 8.4.4 Vending ; 5.7.2.4 Vendors ; 9.5.4 Status of Vending , p. 175, 101, 194 resp ., In the PDF p. 222, 144, 241 resp. .
- ↑ Genivar Trinidad & Tobago; Ivor Jackson and Associates, Kingdome Consultants Inc. (Assoc.): Sustainable Island Resource Management Zoning Plan for Antigua and Barbuda (including Redonda) . Self-published, Port of Spain December 2011, 3.2.3 Protected Areas , p. 39 , Sp. 1 ( ab.gov.ag [PDF; accessed on February 22, 2014] p. 56 ff). 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.
- ↑ The protection status itself is not viewed uncritically. Since this protection is not explicitly anchored in law, it can also be revoked by the government at any time. The Caribbean Conservation Association (Ed.): Antigua and Barbuda - Country environmental profile . i. A. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda - Historical, Conservation, and Environmental Commission. St. Michael (Barbados) 1991, Section 8 National parks and protected areas , p. 152 , col. 2 f ., there p. 171 f. ( usaid.gov [PDF; 10.6 MB ]).
- ↑ Grand Pineapple Beach Antigua ( Memento of the original from April 8, 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. (on grandpineapple.com)
- ↑ Long Bay Hotel (longbayhotel.com) - overview drawing ( Memento from December 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ OECS; ECL (Ed.): NEMMA . 2007, 5.2.3 Diving and Snorkeling , p. 84 , PDF p. 126 .
- ^ Gillian Cambers: Coastal Development Setback - Guidelines in Antigua and Barbuda (= COSALC - Coast and Beach Stability in the Caribbean Islands. Planning for Coastline Change . Volume 1 ). Paris June 1998, especially Appendix II: Setback calculations for individual beaches in Antigua and Barbuda: Long Bay, Antigua , p. 52 , p. 55 ( unesco.org [PDF]).
