Hunts Bay

Hunts Bay is a bay in . Hunts Bay is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tinson Pen Aerodrome and Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre.

Aerodrome
in is the largest of 's three domestic airports. It is located on Marcus Garvey Drive, a major highway that links Kingston to the nearby residential community of Portmore. is situated 2½ km east of Hunts Bay.

Prison
Fort Augusta is a fortification in the parish of , . Originally built in the 1740s, from 1954 to 2017 the fort was used as a prison.

Sports venue
Photo: Gwyneth Davidson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. is situated 3 km west of Hunts Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portmore and Trenchtown.

Photo: Raw9345, Public domain.
is a large coastal town in southern Jamaica in Saint Catherine, and a place of residence for people working in the neighbouring cities of and Spanish Town.

Neighborhood
Photo: YardEdge, CC BY 2.0.
Trench Town is a neighbourhood located in the parish of , part of which is in , the capital and largest city of . 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. is situated 5 km east of Hunts Bay.

Neighborhood
is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western , . 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. is situated 5 km east of Hunts Bay.

Hunts Bay

Latitude
17.98796° or 17° 59′ 17″ north
Longitude
-76.8483° or 76° 50′ 54″ west
Open location code
7795X5Q2+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 74944241
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
3489999
Wiki­data ID
Q27119286
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Satellite Map

Discover Hunts Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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