Harbour View, Jamaica
Encyclopedia
Harbour View is a community in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
. It is administered by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation and is served by the Kingston 17 Post Office.
spit
meets the mainland, making Harbour View the eastern extreme of Kingston Harbour
. To the east of this, also within Harbour View, is the mouth of the Hope River.
The Harbour View Stadium
, home stadium of the Harbour View F.C.
, is toward the north of Harbour View.
Fort Nugent was built in the 18th century to the north west of Harbour View to defend Jamaica from invasion. The sole remnant of Fort Nugent is a Martello tower
still standing on the site.
There is a Moravian church at the western end of Harbour View.
, is from Harbour View. The Donald Quarrie High School in Harbour View is named in his honour.
, James Bond
loses a car following him from Palisadoes Airport
by turning right at Harbour View. His pursuers assume he has turned left, toward Kingston.
Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Saint Andrew is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north, west and east of Kingston, and stretches into the Blue Mountains and at the 2001 census had the highest population of all the parishes in Jamaica. The Right Excellent George William Gordon Saint...
. It is administered by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation and is served by the Kingston 17 Post Office.
Geography
Harbour View is southeast of Long Mountain and south of Dallas Mountain. The centre of Harbour View is near the point where the PalisadoesPalisadoes
Palisadoes is the thin tombolo of sand that serves as a natural protection for Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. Norman Manley International Airport and the historic town of Port Royal are both on Palisadoes....
spit
Spit (landform)
A spit or sandspit is a deposition landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to land, and extend into the sea. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift...
meets the mainland, making Harbour View the eastern extreme of Kingston Harbour
Kingston Harbour
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. To the east of this, also within Harbour View, is the mouth of the Hope River.
Buildings
Harbour View Stadium
Harbour View Stadium is a football stadium in Harbour View, near Kingston, Jamaica . It was built by Carvel Stewart and Harbour View Football Club in the 1990s, as a part of the clubs efforts to transform into a truly professional organization...
, home stadium of the Harbour View F.C.
Harbour View F.C.
Harbour View Football Club is a Jamaican football club that currently plays in the Digicel Premier League. Harbour View is nicknamed the "Stars of the East" or "Easters" and plays home games at Harbour View Stadium.-History:...
, is toward the north of Harbour View.
Fort Nugent was built in the 18th century to the north west of Harbour View to defend Jamaica from invasion. The sole remnant of Fort Nugent is a Martello tower
Martello tower
Martello towers are small defensive forts built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards....
still standing on the site.
There is a Moravian church at the western end of Harbour View.
Notable people from Harbour View
Donald Quarrie, gold-medal winner of the 200 metre track event at the 1976 Summer Olympics1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
, is from Harbour View. The Donald Quarrie High School in Harbour View is named in his honour.
Harbour View in popular culture
In the novel Doctor No by Ian FlemingIan Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
, James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
loses a car following him from Palisadoes Airport
Norman Manley International Airport
-Cargo :The following Cargo/Courier serve Norman Manley International Airport:-Accidents and incidents:*On 17 July 1960, the captain of a Vickers Viscount of Cubana de Aviación hijacked the aircraft on a flight from José Martí International Airport, Havana to Miami International Airport, Florida...
by turning right at Harbour View. His pursuers assume he has turned left, toward Kingston.