Gallows Point
Gallows Point is a cape in Port Royal, Kingston. Gallows Point is situated nearby to the village Port Royal, as well as near the hamlet Port Henderson.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Royal and Tivoli Gardens.
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.
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.
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.
Gallows Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
17.94711° or 17° 56′ 50″ northLongitude
-76.83647° or 76° 50′ 11″ westOpen location code
7795W5W7+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6981366037OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3490375
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