Morant Point
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Morant Point in the Parish of St. Thomas is the easternmost point of mainland Jamaica
and the site of Morant Point Lighthouse
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and the site of Morant Point Lighthouse
Morant Point Lighthouse
Morant Point Lighthouse is on the easternmost tip of Jamaica.Erected in 1841 by Kru men from Africa , it is the oldest lighthouse on the island and the first cast iron lighthouse built in the Western Hemisphere.It consists of a 30 m iron tube, cast in London in 1841, which has...
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