Jolly Harbour

Jolly Harbour is a neighbourhood of Bolans, Saint Mary, Antigua and Barbuda. It began as a commercial development in the 1980s and has since grown to hold one of the largest expatriate populations on the island.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Boggy Peak.

Boggy Peak

Peak

Photo: Dearinaima, CC BY 3.0.

Boggy Peak is a mountain located in the southwest of Antigua, a constituent island of the archipelagic country of Antigua and Barbuda. At a height of 1,319 feet, it is the highest point of the Shekerley Mountains and the island as a whole. Boggy Peak is situated 3½ km southeast of Jolly Harbour.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolands and Jennings.

Bolands

Town

Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.

Bolans is the largest settlement in Saint Mary, Antigua and Barbuda. Located south of Jennings on Valley Road, the once agrarian community has since been transformed into the economic centre of Saint Mary, as well as one of the largest tourist destinations in the country in the Jolly Harbour neighbourhood.

Jennings

Village

Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.

Jennings is a small settlement in Saint Mary Parish on the island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in the west of the island. The town is on the road between the capital city St. John's and the town of Bolans, and some three kilometres from Five Island Harbour on the west coast.

Crabs Hill

Village

Crabs Hill is a village in Saint Mary, Antigua and Barbuda. Crabs Hill had a population of 142 people over 0.57 square kilometres. The village is surrounded by the forests of the Shekerley Mountains and is located on Antigua's southwest coast, with Montserrat being visible from its two beaches: Crabs Hill beach and Turner's. Crabs Hill is situated 3½ km south of Jolly Harbour.

Jolly Harbour

Type: Village with 855 residents
Description: human settlement in Antigua and Barbuda
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Saint Mary Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.06485° or 17° 3′ 54″ north

Longitude

-61.88591° or 61° 53′ 9″ west

Population

855

Elevation

4 metres (13 feet)

Open location code

779W3477+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9649462312

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

6695166

Wikidata ID

Q6270089

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Antigua and Barbuda Creole English to Japanese—“Jolly Harbour” goes by many names.

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: “Jaali Aaba”
Chinese: “乔利港”
Dutch: “Jolly Harbour”
German: “Jolly Harbour”
Japanese: “ジョリー港”

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Highlights include Dhinghi Dock and Jolly Beach.

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