Saba
Saba, known as "the Unspoiled Queen" due to the protection of its unique ecosystem, is a 13-km² volcanic island in the Leeward Islands. Since it is not a reef island, it does not have the sandy beaches most notable in the Caribbean, but rather mostly cliff faces and rocky shore.
Photo: Niptium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Saba Airport
Aerodrome
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is an airport on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba. Photo: Lagopus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Scenery
Scenic viewpoint
Mount Scenery is a potentially active volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands. Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saba University School of Medicine
University
Saba University School of Medicine is a medical school located on Saba, a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. Photo: Simonwwong, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
The Bottom
Village
The Bottom is the capital and largest town of the island of Saba, the Caribbean Netherlands, and is the first stop on the way from Saba's Port in Fort Bay towards the rest of the island. Photo: Simonwwong, Public domain.
Zion's Hill
Village
Zion's Hill, also known by its former name Hell's Gate, is a town on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba. Photo: Niptium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windwardside
Village
Windwardside is the second largest town on the island of Saba, aptly named for being on the windward side of the island. Photo: Radioflux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saba
- Type: State
- Description: island in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands
- Categories: island, public body of the Netherlands and integral overseas territory
- Location: Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
Latitude 17.6317° or 17° 37' 54.1" north | Longitude -63.2378° or 63° 14' 16" west |
Population 1740 | United Nations Location Code BQ SAB |
Elevation 558 metres (1831 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 2832371635 |
GeoNames ID 7610358 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Saba
- Arabic: Saba
- Arabic: سابا
- Aragonese: Isla de Saba
- Aragonese: Saba
- Armenian: Սաբա կղզի
- Asturian: Islla de Saba
- Asturian: Saba
- Azerbaijani: Saba
- Bashkir: Саба
- Basque: Saba
- Bavarian: Saba
- Belarusian: Востраў Саба
- Belarusian: Саба
- Bengali: সাবা
- Bosnian: Saba
- Breton: Saba
- Bulgarian: Саба
- Catalan: Illa de Saba
- Catalan: Saba
- Cebuano: Saba Island
- Chinese: Saba
- Chinese: 沙巴
- Chinese: 萨巴
- Chinese: 萨巴岛
- Chinese: 薩巴
- Chinese: 薩巴島
- Croatian: Saba
- Czech: Saba
- Danish: Saba
- Dutch: BQ2
- Dutch: Saba
- Esperanto: Saba
- Esperanto: Sabo
- Estonian: Saba saar
- Faroese: Saba
- Finnish: Saba
- French: Saba
- French: TNCS
- Gagauz: Saba
- Galician: Saba
- Georgian: საბა
- German: Isla de San Cristobal
- German: Isla de San Cristóbal
- German: Saba
- Greek: Σάμπα
- Guianese Creole French: Saba
- Hakka Chinese: Saba
- Hausa: Saba
- Hebrew: סאבא
- Hebrew: סייבא
- Hindi: साबा
- Hungarian: Saba
- Indonesian: Saba
- Irish: Saba
- Italian: Saba
- Japanese: サバ島
- Kazakh: Саба
- Korean: 사바섬
- Latin: Saba (insula)
- Latin: Saba
- Latvian: Saba
- Limburgan: Saba
- Lingua Franca Nova: Saba
- Lithuanian: Saba
- Lombard: Saba
- Luxembourgish: Saba
- Macedonian: Саба
- Min Dong Chinese: Saba
- Min Nan Chinese: Saba
- Northern Frisian: Saaba
- Norwegian: Saba
- Norwegian Bokmål: Saba
- Occitan (post 1500): Saba
- Panjabi: ਸਾਬਾ
- Papiamento: Saba
- Persian: سابا
- Persian: سیبا
- Piemontese: Saba
- Polish: Saba
- Portuguese: Ilha de Saba
- Portuguese: Saba
- Romanian: Saba
- Russian: Саба
- Scots: Saba
- Serbian: Саба
- Serbo-Croatian: Saba
- Spanish: Isla de Saba
- Spanish: Saba
- Sundanese: Saba
- Swahili: Saba
- Swedish: Saba
- Swiss German: D Saba Insle
- Tagalog: Saba
- Tamil: சேபா
- Thai: ซาบา
- Tosk Albanian: Saba
- Turkish: Saba
- Ukrainian: Саба
- Urdu: Saba
- Urdu: سابا
- Urdu: صبا
- Vietnamese: Saba
- Vlaams: Saba
- Waray (Philippines): Saba
- Western Frisian: Saba
- Western Panjabi: سائبا
- Western Panjabi: سابا
- Wu Chinese: 萨巴
- Yue Chinese: 薩巴島
Other Places Named Saba
- SabahMalaysia
- SabhaLibya
- Municipio de SabáHonduras
- SabáTown, Honduras
- SabaGambia
- Saaba DepartmentBurkina Faso
In the Area
Localities
- Sandy CruzLocality
- Lower Hell's Gate
- St. JohnsHamlet
- The FlatLocality
- Little Rendez VousLocality
- CrispeenLocality
Landmarks
- Maskehorne HillSummit
- Saba Tourist BureauTourism location
- Holy Trinity ChurchChurch
- St. Paul's Conversion ChurchChurch
- Harry L. Johnson MuseumMuseum
- Chamber of CommerceGovernment office
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