Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay is a town in Saint Ann Parish on the northern coast of Jamaica. The city is also known locally as Dry Harbour, and gives its name to the Dry Harbour Mountains in St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 2,540 residents
- Description: town in Jamaica
- Also known as: “Discovery Bay, Jamaica”, “Dry Harbor”, “Dry Harbour”, “Dry Harbour (Puerto Bueno)”, “Dry Harbour Bay”, and “Puerto Bueno”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Puerto Seco Airstrip and Green Grotto Caves.
Puerto Seco Airstrip
Aerodrome
Puerto Seco Airstrip is an airstrip serving the town of Discovery Bay in the Saint Ann Parish of Jamaica. Northeast approach and departure are over the Caribbean. The Sangster VOR/DME is located 30.2 nautical miles west of the runway.
Green Grotto Caves
Cave
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Green Grotto Caves are show caves and a prominent tourist attraction on the north coast of Jamaica. Named for the green algae that cover its walls, the structure of the cave is strikingly different from inland systems; the cave is a flank margin cave with two well-defined levels apparently indicating two periods with differing sea levels.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Runaway Bay and Rio Bueno.
Runaway Bay
Town
Photo: IchHier--15er, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Runaway Bay is a town in Saint Ann Parish on the northern coast of Jamaica and is considered one of the most naturally beautiful places on the island. It is a notable tourist destination located 16 km west of Ocho Rios, and slightly east of Discovery Bay, where Christopher Columbus landed in 1494. Runaway Bay is situated 6 km east of Discovery Bay.
Rio Bueno
Village
Rio Bueno is a small seaside village on the border between the parishes of St Ann and Trelawny in northern Jamaica, and owes its importance, history and livelihood to the Rio Bueno Harbour, which is the deepest harbour in Jamaica, and perhaps one of the reasons why Columbus dropped anchor there on his first visit to Jamaica. Rio Bueno is situated 7 km west of Discovery Bay.
Brown’s Town
Town
Brown's Town is one of the principal towns in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. In 1991, its population was 6,762. The town is a market and road center in an agricultural region. Brown’s Town is situated 8 km south of Discovery Bay.
Discovery Bay
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Discovery Bay, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.46191° or 18° 27′ 43″ northLongitude
-77.39681° or 77° 23′ 49″ westPopulation
2,540Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)United Nations Location Code
JM DIYOpen location code
77C4FJ63+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3767970367OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Discovery Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Discovery Bay”
- Dutch: “Discovery Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ דיסקברי”
- Japanese: “ディスカバリー・ベイ”
- Polish: “Discovery Bay”
- Swedish: “Discovery Bay”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Discovery Bay”. Photo: papushin, CC BY-SA 2.0.