Hunts Bay
Hunts Bay is a bay in Jamaica. Hunts Bay is situated nearby to the neighborhood Portsmouth, as well as near Waterford.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tinson Pen Aerodrome and Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre.
Tinson Pen Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston, Jamaica is the largest of Jamaica's three domestic airports. It is located on Marcus Garvey Drive, a major highway that links Kingston to the nearby residential community of Portmore. Tinson Pen Aerodrome is situated 2½ km east of Hunts Bay.
Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre
Prison
Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, formerly Fort Augusta Prison, is Jamaica's only prison for women. It was built to accommodate 250 female inmates but has held over 280 on occasions.
Caymanas Park
Caymanas Park is Jamaica's only race track. It was historically a sugarcane estate in the Colony of Jamaica. It was originally owned by the Ellis family, including George Ellis and Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford, who made substantial profits from sugar and slavery. Caymanas Park is situated 3 km west of Hunts Bay.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmore and Trenchtown.
Portmore
Photo: Raw9345, Public domain.
Portmore is a large coastal town in southern Jamaica in Saint Catherine, and a place of residence for people working in the neighbouring cities of Kingston and Spanish Town.
Trenchtown
Neighborhood
Trench Town is a neighbourhood located in the parish of St. Andrew, part of which is in Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica. Today Trench Town is the location of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a National Heritage Site presenting the unique history and contribution of Trench Town to Jamaica. Trenchtown is situated 5 km east of Hunts Bay.
Denham Town
Neighborhood
Denham Town is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Kingston, Jamaica. It has a reputation as one of Kingston's more violent areas. It was named in memory of Edward Brandis Denham, Governor of Jamaica 1935–1938. Denham Town is situated 5 km east of Hunts Bay.
Hunts Bay
- Type: Body of water
- Also known as: “Hunt Bay”
- Category: bay
- Location: Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.98796° or 17° 59′ 17″ northLongitude
-76.8483° or 76° 50′ 54″ westOpen location code
7795X5Q2+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 74944241OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
3489999Wikidata ID
Q27119286
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hunts Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hunts Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahía Hunts”
- Swedish: “Hunts Bay”
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