Cockpit Country
Cockpit Country is an area in Trelawny and Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Ann, Manchester and the northern tip of Clarendon parishes, mostly within the west-central side, of Jamaica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Karst area
- Description: geographical region in Trelawny, Jamaica
- Also known as: “The Cockpit Country” and “Wild Cockpit Land”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Me-no-Sen-You-no-Come and Accompong.
Me-no-Sen-You-no-Come
Locality
Me-no-Sen-You-no-Come is a village in the Cockpit Country of western Jamaica. It is now a part of a district called Aberdeen, Jamaica, in the north-east section of Saint Elizabeth Parish, and is not extinct, as was originally believed. Me-no-Sen-You-no-Come is situated 3 km south of Cockpit Country.
Accompong
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Accompong is a historical Maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the island of Jamaica. It is located in Cockpit Country, where Jamaican Maroons and Indigenous Taíno established a fortified stronghold in the hilly terrain in the 17th century. Accompong is situated 9 km southwest of Cockpit Country.
Cockpit Country
- Categories: geographical feature and landform
- Location: Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Cockpit Country from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Czech to Japanese—“Cockpit Country” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Cockpit country”
- Czech: “Cockpit Country”
- French: “Pays Cockpit”
- German: “Cockpit Country”
- Japanese: “コクピット・カントリー”
- Japanese: “コックピット・カントリー”
- Japanese: “コックピット地帯”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Saint Brians Burg and Quickstep.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tiverton Forest and Quick Step Gospel Hall Chapel Cemetery.
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