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Nelson's Dockyard. Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, located in Saint Paul Parish on the Caribbean island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is the only continuously working Georgian era dockyard in the world. [ 1 ] It was built in the early 18th century and abandoned by the British Royal Navy in ...
The Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites is a 255 ha (630 acres) UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saint Paul Parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. It constitutes a collection of Georgian era naval structures, namely a naval dockyard and related supporting compounds. This maritime complex was established during a period marked by ...
Time zone. UTC-4 (AST) English Harbour is a natural harbour and settlement on the island of Antigua in the Caribbean, 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. Its population is 759 (2001 Census).
The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was a destructive and deadly Atlantic hurricane season. Despite having an average number of named storms and below average amount of major hurricanes, [nb 1] it became the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record, behind only 2017 and 2005, mostly due to Hurricane Ian. The season officially began on ...
1700s-1820s. Fort Berkeley is a historic military fort on the island of Antigua. It is located at the entrance to English Harbour in Saint Paul parish. The fort was built in 1704 and expanded in the mid 18th century. It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park [1] and the Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites UNESCO World ...
Shirley Heights, Antigua and Barbuda. Shirley Heights is an historic military compound in Antigua. It was built in the 1780s to protect the Naval Dockyard in English Harbour. [1] It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park [2][1] and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3]
Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane frequency, by month [ 1 ] Hurricane tracks from 1980 through 2014. Green tracks did not make landfall in US; yellow tracks made landfall but were not major hurricanes at the time; red tracks made landfall and were major hurricanes. The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year, from June 1 through ...
Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites. Saint Paul Parish. 17°00′25″N 61°45′52″W / 17.006944°N 61.764444°W / 17.006944; -61.764444 (Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites) Cultural (ii) (iv) 2016. The site consists of a group of Georgian-style naval buildings and structures, set ...