Windwardside

Windwardside is the second largest town on the Dutch Caribbean island of , aptly named for being on the windward side of the island.
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  • Type: Village with 418 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Saba, the Caribbean Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Windward Side”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Paul’s Conversion Church and Holy Trinity Church.

Church
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The St. Paul's Conversion Church is a religious building belonging to the located in the town of Windwardside on the Caribbean island of , a dependent territory with the status of special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Church
Photo: Coenraad Liebrecht Temminck Groll, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Volcano
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a dormant volcano in the . Its lava dome forms the summit of the island stratovolcano. At an elevation of 870 m, it is the highest point in both the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and, since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, the highest point in the proper.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zion’s Hill and St. Johns.

Village
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Zion's Hill, also known by its former name Hell's Gate, is a town on the Dutch Caribbean island of . Locally, it is divided into Upper Hell's Gate and Lower Hell's Gate.

Hamlet
Photo: Zagersid, Public domain.
is a settlement on the island of , in the . It is located between the island's two largest settlements of and Windwardside.

Village
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is the capital and largest town of the island of , the . It is the first stop on the way from Saba's Port in towards the rest of the island.

Windwardside

Latitude
17.62911° or 17° 37′ 45″ north
Longitude
-63.23197° or 63° 13′ 55″ west
Population
418
Elevation
403 metres (1,322 feet)
Open location code
779RJQH9+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 441943833
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3513083
Wiki­data ID
Q2983401
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Windwardside” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ուինդուարդսաիդ”
  • Basque: “Windwardside”
  • Belarusian: “Уіндвардсайд”
  • Cebuano: “Windward Side”
  • Chinese: “温沃塞德”
  • Chinese: “温沃德赛德”
  • Dutch: “Bovenwindseside”
  • Dutch: “Windwardside”
  • French: “Windwardside”
  • German: “Windwardside”
  • Irish: “Windwardside”
  • Italian: “Windwardside”
  • Polish: “Windwardside”
  • Portuguese: “Windwardside”
  • Russian: “Уиндвардсайд”
  • Serbian: “Виндвардсајд”
  • Spanish: “Windwardside”
  • Swedish: “Windwardside”
  • Ukrainian: “Віндвардсайд”
  • Urdu: “ونڈورڈ سائیڈ”
  • Western Frisian: “Windwardside”

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