Scotts Head (Dominica)
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 Dominica , Scotts Head, Saint Mark
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| Location: | Saint Mark , Dominica | |
| Geographical location: | 15 ° 12 '50.5 " N , 61 ° 22' 23.1" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 16.4 ft (5 m ) | |
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| Scope knows: | 17 nm (31.5 km ) | |
| International ordinal number: | J5770 | |
Scotts Head is a settlement on the southwest coast of Dominica , in the Parish Saint Mark ( ⊙ ) and the name of a peninsula (tied island) on the extreme southwest of Dominica. The peninsula is also named for the surrounding Soufrière Scotts Head Marine Reserve .
geography
The place is located on the extreme southwestern tip of Dominica. He hugs the foot of the Morne Crabier . A narrow dam connects the peninsula with the mainland and together the mountains form the outer line of the larger Soufrière crater, which opens to the west to the Caribbean Sea . The place itself is mainly a fishing village and overlooks Soufrière Bay , a marine area that is under protection as Soufrière Scotts Head Marine Reserve and is a popular destination for diving tourists.
The name of the peninsula in the language of the island Caribs (Igneri) is Cachacrou , which literally means something like "hat that is eaten up"; this is possibly an allusion to the collision of the Caribbean Sea from the north and the Atlantic Ocean from the south.
The lighthouse is a simple metal structure on a concrete base. The light can be seen over 31.5 km.
history
Scotts Head got its name from Colonel George Scott , who came to Dominica with the British invasion force that conquered the island from the French in 1761 , and was Lieutenant Governor of Dominica from 1764 to 1767. Scott had a fort built on the peninsula; Today most of these fortifications have fallen from the cliffs, but some parts of the ruins have been preserved, including a small cannon.
When the French re-conquered Dominica in 1778 (invasion of Dominica in 1778), the fort on Scotts Head was the first landing and battle point. In anticipation of the invasion, the French residents of Dominica visited the British troops at the fort on September 6, got them drunk and clogged the cannons with sand. The French fleet sailed from Martinique between three and four o'clock on September 7th . When the French stormed the fort that morning, the British were taken by surprise in a surprise attack. As soon as the fort was captured, the French fired a signal so that even the residents of Roseau in the north learned of the invasion.
Culture
Scotts Head has an annual local festival in honor of St. Peter in June / July.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Dominica The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental USA Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
literature
- Paul Crask: Dominica. Bradt Travel Guides , England 2007: 105-06. ISBN 1-84162-217-6
- Commonwealth of Dominica: Population and Housing Census — 2001. Roseau, Dominica; Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Planning 2001.
- Lennox Honychurch: The Dominica Story . Macmillan Education Ltd , Oxford 1995: 84-85. ISBN 978-0-333-62776-1
