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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 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 ...
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 ...
Hurricane Julia (2022) Hurricane Julia was a deadly tropical cyclone that caused significant impacts in Central America as a Category 1 hurricane in October 2022. The tenth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, Julia formed from a tropical wave over the southern Caribbean Sea on October 7, just off the coast of ...
Part of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Iota was a devastating late-season tropical cyclone which caused severe damage to areas of Central America already devastated by Hurricane Eta two weeks prior. The 31st and final tropical cyclone, 30th named storm, 14th hurricane, and record-tying seventh major hurricane of the record ...
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]
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 ...
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).