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Antigua Air Station was established on a portion of the former Coolidge AFB. As of 2011, NASA continues to utilize the Antigua facility for launch tracking services on an as-needed basis; and did so for the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory on 26 November 2011. [4] Upon the closure of the base in 1949, it became a civil airport.
Map of Antigua and Barbuda. There are three airports operating in Antigua and Barbuda, a nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Antigua and Barbuda consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands (including Great Bird, Green, Guinea, Long, Maiden and York Islands).
Antigua and Barbuda cuisine refers to the cuisines of the Caribbean islands Antigua and Barbuda. The national dish is fungee (pronounced "foon-jee") and pepperpot. [1] Fungee is a dish similar to Italian polenta, made mostly with cornmeal. [1] Other local dishes include ducana, seasoned rice, saltfish and lobster (from Barbuda).
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Antigua Standard, founded in 1874, changed to Antigua Sun in 1909, ceased in 1922 [2] The Magnet, founded in 1931 [2] The Progress, founded in 1940 [2] The Antigua Star, founded in 1940 [2] The Worker's Voice, founded in 1944 by the Antigua Trades and Labour Union, ceased in the 1990s [2] The Anvil, founded in 1956 [2]
Prickly Pear Island is an islet approx. 650 metres off the north shore coast of Hodges Bay on the much larger island of Antigua, West Indies. [1] The island measures approx. 50 metres north to south, and approx. 50 metres east to west.
Antigua Sailing Week is a week long yacht regatta held in the waters off English Harbour, St Pauls Antigua. It is one of Antigua's most notable events. [ 1 ] Founded in 1967, [ 2 ] it is cited as one of the top regattas in the world with 100 yachts, 1500 participants and 5000 spectators on average annually.
The Antigua Naval Dockyard was listed on the UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage Sites in 2012. [8] The site was included on the World Heritage List during the 40th Session of the World Heritage Committee held in Istanbul, Turkey from July 10-17, 2016.