Green Island

Green Island is a small uninhabited islet about 250 metres north of the Caribbean island of Saba, and is part of the Dutch special municipality of Saba.

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Type: Islet
Description: uninhabited island in the Dutch Caribbean
Also known as: “Dutch Green Island”, “Green Island, Saba”, “Groen Eil”, and “Groen Eiland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport and Mount Scenery.

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport

Aerodrome

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Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is an airport on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba, Netherlands. Its runway is widely acknowledged as the shortest commercial runway in the world, with a length of 400 m.

Mount Scenery

Volcano

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Mount Scenery is a dormant volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands. Its lava dome forms the summit of the Saba 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 Netherlands proper.

Queen of the Holy Rosary Church

Church

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The Holy Rosary Church, also known as the Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic church in the small town of Hell's Gate on the island of Saba, a dependent territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flat Point and Zion’s Hill.

Flat Point

Locality

Flat Point is an area on the northeastern coast of Saba, 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.

Zion’s Hill

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 Saba. Locally, it is divided into Upper Hell's Gate and Lower Hell's Gate.