Runaway Bay (Jamaica)
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 27 ′ N , 77 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||
| county | Middlesex | ||
| Saint Ann | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | JM-06 | ||
| Residents | 6742 (2010) | ||
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Runaway Bay is a small town in northern Jamaica . The city is located in County Middlesex in the Parish Saint Ann . In 2010 Runaway Bay had a population of 6,742 people. Runaway Bay is a well known tourist destination.
etymology
The origin of the name is uncertain. The most credible sources explain, on the one hand, that the place was the last escape point of Spanish occupiers in 1657 , who tried to flee from English soldiers under the leadership of the last Spanish governor Don Cristobal Arnaldo de Ysassi . Another story has it that this was the place where African slaves fled to Cuba from the inland sugar cane plantations.
geography
Runaway Bay is located on the northern coast of the island in the bay of the same name. Despite its location, the landscape within the village rises to more than 100 meters above sea level. The next larger towns are the two towns to the west of Dunbarton and Discovery Bay . Southwest of the city is the Brown's Town trading center . About 16 kilometers to the east is Ocho Rios, one of the most famous tourist towns on the island.
Infrastructure
Highway A1 , one of the island's most important transport links, begins or ends in Runaway Bay . The highway runs through Falmouth , Montego Bay and Lucea to Negril on the west coast. The well-developed B3 runs south to Brown's Town.
Culture and environment
nature
Runaway Bay is surrounded by a chain of hills of the expiring Dry Harbor Mountains . the Pear Tree River runs from the south and flows into the Atlantic.
Not far from the city are the Green Grotto Caves. A system of stalactite caves, the largest of which is 1,525 meters long and 12 meters deep. The name comes from a type of green algae that are found on the walls inside the cave system. The cave contains a large number of chambers, rock formations, stalagmites and stalactites . The biggest feature, however, is likely to be Grotto Lake , an underground lake. The Green Grotto Caves have a long history. Finds of pottery shards and adzes show that the caves were already used as a dwelling by the Arawak , the native inhabitants of the island. During the time of the island's conquest by the English, the caves were used as a shelter by the Spaniards who were driven from the island. During the Second World War they were used by smugglers to store weapons for onward transport to Cuba. In the final years of the war, the Jamaican government stored rum barrels in the caves. The caves are home to 9 of the island's 21 bat species, including the Jamaican fruit bat .
tourism
Runaway Bay is located in the main tourist area, between Ocho Rios and Discovery Bay. In the 1960s, a complex of luxury hotels, golf courses, parks and private villas was built on the site of the old Cardiff Hall plantation . Only the old main building, Cardiff Hall Great House , remains, but is privately owned and cannot be visited. Since the construction of the new facilities, Runaway Bay has been one of the most scenic places in Jamaica. The most famous beach sections include the nudist beach Hedonism III Nudist Resort and the private beach Ocean View Beach .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Statistics on World Gazetteer
- ↑ Jamaica History
- ↑ a b Runaway Bay at VisitJamaica.com ( memento of the original from June 20, 2012 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.
- ↑ a b c d YardieTours.com - Green Grotto Caves
- ↑ a b c d e f - Green Grotto Caves official website ( Memento of the original from August 5, 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.
- ↑ a b Jamaicans.com Travelguide
- ^ A Tour of Jamaica's Great Houses, Plantations, & Pens. Michael W. Mosley, accessed March 3, 2017 .
