The Quill
The Quill, also known as Mount Mazinga, is a stratovolcano located on the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. The summit elevation of 601 m above sea level makes it the second highest mountain in the Netherlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Crater
- Description: stratovolcano on Sint Eustatius, the Caribbean Netherlands
- Also known as: “Krater”, “Mount Mazinga”, and “Quil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include F. D. Roosevelt Airport and Fort Oranje.
F. D. Roosevelt Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Whellebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
F. D. Roosevelt Airport is the airport located on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius. It was opened as "Golden Rock Airport" in 1946 and renamed for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. F. D. Roosevelt Airport is situated 2½ km northwest of The Quill.
Fort Oranje
Fort Oranje is a historic fortress located in Sint Eustatius in the Dutch Caribbean. It is located in Oranjestad, the island's capital, on a cliff overlooking Oranje Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oranjestad.
Oranjestad
Town
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Oranjestad is a small town of 1,038 inhabitants; it is the capital and largest town of the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. It is not to be confused with the far larger Oranjestad in Aruba.
The Quill
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: Sint Eustatius, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover The Quill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Wu Chinese—“The Quill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Quill”
- Basque: “The Quill”
- Cebuano: “The Quill”
- Chinese: “奎尔火山”
- Chinese: “奎爾火山”
- Croatian: “Quill (vulkan)”
- Croatian: “Quill”
- Czech: “Mazinga”
- Czech: “Mount Mazinga”
- Czech: “Quill”
- Dutch: “Mount Mazinga”
- Dutch: “The Quill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ذا كويل”
- French: “Mont Mazinga”
- French: “Quill”
- French: “The Quill”
- Galician: “Quill”
- Georgian: “კილი”
- German: “Quill”
- German: “The Quill”
- Japanese: “クイル山”
- Persian: “آتشفشان د کویل”
- Polish: “Mazinga”
- Polish: “Mount Mazinga”
- Polish: “The Quill”
- Russian: “Квилл”
- Russian: “Киль”
- Slovak: “Quill”
- Spanish: “Quill”
- Swedish: “The Quill”
- Ukrainian: “Кіль”
- Western Frisian: “The Quill”
- Wu Chinese: “奎尔火山”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mazinga and Cultuurvlakte.
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