Portland Point

Portland Point
Coordinates: 17°42′18″N 77°10′02″W / 17.7048658°N 77.1672821°W / 17.7048658; -77.1672821Coordinates: 17°42′18″N 77°10′02″W / 17.7048658°N 77.1672821°W / 17.7048658; -77.1672821
Country Jamaica
Parish Clarendon
Time zone EST (UTC-5)

Portland Point is the southernmost point in Jamaica.[1] It is halfway along the island's south coast at the end of a hilly peninsula in Clarendon.[1] A large bay, Portland Bight, lies to the east of it.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet H, 1973.
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