Great Salt Pond

Great Salt Pond is in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. Great Salt Pond is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Clarence, as well as near the neighborhood Hellshire View.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hellshire Beach and Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse.

Hellshire Beach

Beach

Photo: Op. Deo, Public domain.

Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, is located near Portmore, and famed for its fried fish and safe swimming. It has near white sands with a very small trace of black sand.

Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse guides vessels westward on their approach to Kingston Harbour. It appears to be a historic daybeacon converted to a lighted aid. Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse is situated 2½ km northeast of Great Salt Pond.

Sugarman Beach

Beach

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Royal and Portmore.

Port Royal

Village

Photo: Raychristofer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Royal is a small 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 northeast of Great Salt Pond.

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.

Great Salt Pond

Type: Body of water
Also known as: “Salt Ponds” and “The Great Salt Pond”
Location: Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.91692° or 17° 55′ 1″ north

Longitude

-76.88864° or 76° 53′ 19″ west

Open location code

7795W486+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 67765069

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

3490246

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