Zion’s Hill

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.
Wikipedia
Photo: Niptium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 283 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Saba, the Caribbean Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Hell’s Gate” and “Hellsgate”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Queen of the Holy Rosary Church and Mount Scenery.

Church
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Holy Rosary Church, also known as the , is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic church in the small town of Hell's Gate on the island of , a dependent territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the , Caribbean Sea.

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.

Aerodrome
Photo: Lagopus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport on the island of , . Its runway is widely acknowledged as the shortest commercial runway in the world, with a length of 400 m.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windwardside and Flat Point.

Village
Photo: Radioflux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the second largest town on the Dutch Caribbean island of , aptly named for being on the windward side of the island.

Locality
is an area on the northeastern coast of , an island in the Dutch Caribbean. It is located in the lower part of the Hell's Gate village, known as Lower Hell's Gate.

Village
Photo: Simonwwong, Public domain.
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. is situated 2½ km southwest of Zion’s Hill.

Zion’s Hill

Latitude
17.63904° or 17° 38′ 21″ north
Longitude
-63.22908° or 63° 13′ 45″ west
Population
283
Elevation
195 metres (640 feet)
Open location code
779RJQQC+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 279459041
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3513146
Wiki­data ID
Q2511504
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Frisian—“Zion’s Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Upper Hell’s Gate”
  • Chinese: “地狱门”
  • Chinese: “宰恩斯希尔”
  • Chinese: “錫安山 (薩巴)”
  • Chinese: “锡安山 (萨巴)”
  • Chinese: “锡安山”
  • Dutch: “Zions Hill”
  • Esperanto: “Ciona Monteto”
  • Esperanto: “Inferna Pordo”
  • Finnish: “Hell’s Gate”
  • Finnish: “Zion’s Hill”
  • French: “Hell’s Gate”
  • French: “Zion’s Hill”
  • German: “Hell’s Gate”
  • German: “Zion’s Hill”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת ציון”
  • Hebrew: “שערי גיהנום”
  • Italian: “Hell’s Gate”
  • Polish: “Zion’s Hill”
  • Polish: “Zions Hill”
  • Serbian: “Зајонс Хил”
  • Spanish: “Zion’s Hill”
  • Swedish: “Hell’s Gate”
  • Swedish: “Zion’s Hill”
  • Western Frisian: “Zions Hill”

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