Bluefields
Bluefields is a settlement in Westmoreland Parish on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. It contains a major beach, Bluefields Beach. In Spanish Jamaica, Bluefields was known as Oristan.The town was named after Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch-Jewish pirate, privateer, and explorer of Central America and the western Caribbean.Photo: Op. Deo, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Bluefields Beach
Photo: Op. Deo, Public domain.
Bluefields Beach Park is a public beach in Bluefields in the south-east of Westmoreland, Jamaica.
Bluefields
- Type: Village with 2,830 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Bluefields, Westmoreland, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.1665° or 18° 9' 59" northLongitude
-78.02309° or 78° 1' 23" westPopulation
2,830Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open Location Code
77C35X8G+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 309715195OpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3491327Wikidata ID
Q522341Bluefields Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Cebuano: Bluefields
- Dutch: Bluefields, Jamaica
- English: Bluefields, Jamaica
- French: Bluefields
- German: Bluefields
- Greek: Μπλούφιλντς
- Polish: Bluefields (Jamajka)
- Polish: Bluefields
- Swedish: Bluefields, Jamaica
- Swedish: Bluefields
Other Places Named Bluefields
In the Area
Localities
- Mount CharlesHamlet
- BelmontVillage
- AuldayrNeighbourhood
- MearnsvilleVillage
- Mount AiryVillage
- Mount EdgecombeNeighbourhood, 3 km southeast
Landmarks
- Beautiful beachScenic viewpoint
- Bluefields Beach Park
- Shafston Great House CemeteryCemetery
- Peter Tosh
- Pleasant Hall CaveCave, 7 km northeast
- Hopewell CaveCave, 7 km northeast
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