South Cay

South Cay is a reef in Jamaica. South Cay is situated nearby to the village Port Royal, as well as near the hamlet Fort Clarence.

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Nearby places include Port Royal and Kingston.

Port Royal

Village

Port Royal was a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century. Port Royal is situated 5 km northwest of South Cay.

Kingston

Photo: yonolatengo, CC BY 2.0.

Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica, is nestled on the southeastern coast of the island. Visitors often come to the birthplaces of reggae.

Tivoli Gardens

Neighborhood

Tivoli Gardens is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. Developed as a renewal project between 1963 and 1965, the neighbourhood continued to suffer from poverty. Tivoli Gardens is situated 9 km north of South Cay.

South Cay

Type: Reef
Category: landform
Location: Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.89604° or 17° 53′ 46″ north

Longitude

-76.82322° or 76° 49′ 24″ west

Open location code

7795V5WG+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 746173577

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

3488484

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