English Harbour Town

English Harbour is a natural harbour and town on the island of in the , in the extreme south of the island. The settlement takes its name from the nearby harbour in which the Royal Navy established its base of operations for the area during the eighteenth century.
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  • Type: Locality with 778 residents
  • Description: town in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Also known as: “English Harbour” and “Rotten Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clarence House and Pigeon Point, English Harbour.

Historic building
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is a museum in the Ordnance Bay neighbourhood of English Harbour. It is one of the , a UNSECO World Heritage Site.

Beach
Pigeon Point is a beach and location in English Harbour. It is located on the Middle Ground peninsula, which separates from Freeman's Bay, the two natural ports of the town.

Heritage site
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The is a 255 ha UNESCO World Heritage Site in , , . It constitutes a collection of Georgian era naval structures, namely a naval dockyard and related supporting compounds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include English Harbour and Nelson’s Dockyard.

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is a town in southern .

Locality
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Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, located in on the Caribbean island of , in .

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is a town of about 600 people on the island of . It was the original British settlement on the island.

English Harbour Town

Latitude
17.01637° or 17° 0′ 59″ north
Longitude
-61.7674° or 61° 46′ 3″ west
Population
778
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
779W268M+G2
Geo­Names ID
3576264
Wiki­data ID
Q31578200
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In Other Languages

From Antigua and Barbuda Creole English to Urdu—“English Harbour Town” goes by many names.
  • Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: “Inglish Aaba Tong”
  • Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: “Inglish Aaba”
  • Catalan: “English Harbour Town”
  • Cebuano: “English Harbour Town”
  • Chinese: “英吉利港”
  • Dutch: “English Harbour Town”
  • German: “English Harbour”
  • Greek: “Ίνγκλις Χάρμπορ”
  • Italian: “English Harbour”
  • Japanese: “イングリッシュ・ハーバー”
  • Lithuanian: “Ingliš Harboras”
  • Northern Frisian: “English Harbour”
  • Papiamento: “English Harbour”
  • Polish: “English Harbour”
  • Swedish: “English Harbour Town”
  • Urdu: “انگلش ہاربر”
  • “English Harbour”

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