Pelican Spit Beacon

Pelican Spit Beacon is a beacon in Port Royal, Kingston. Pelican Spit Beacon is situated nearby to the village Port Royal, as well as near the neighborhood Tivoli Gardens.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre and Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse.

Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre

Prison

Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, formerly Fort Augusta Prison, is Jamaica's only prison for women. It was built to accommodate 250 female inmates but has held over 280 on occasions. Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre is situated 2½ km north of Pelican Spit Beacon.

Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse guides vessels westward on their approach to Kingston Harbour. It appears to be a historic daybeacon converted to a lighted aid. Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of Pelican Spit Beacon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Royal and Portmore.

Port Royal

Village

Port Royal was a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century.

Portmore

Photo: Raw9345, Public domain.

Portmore is a large coastal town in southern Jamaica in Saint Catherine, and a place of residence for people working in the neighbouring cities of Kingston and Spanish Town.

Tivoli Gardens

Neighborhood

Tivoli Gardens is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. Developed as a renewal project between 1963 and 1965, the neighbourhood continued to suffer from poverty. Tivoli Gardens is situated 6 km northeast of Pelican Spit Beacon.

Pelican Spit Beacon

Type: Beacon
Category: transportation
Location: Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.94585° or 17° 56′ 45″ north

Longitude

-76.84419° or 76° 50′ 39″ west

Open location code

7795W5W4+88

GeoNames ID

11818178

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