Above Rocks
Above Rocks is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine in Jamaica.Above Rocks was populated in the early 19th century by refugees from the Haitian revolution. St Mary's College, a Catholic secondary school, can be found in the town of Above Rocks.Above Rocks
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Above Rocks, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.10787° or 18° 6' 28" northLongitude
-76.87681° or 76° 52' 37" westElevation
290 metres (951 feet)Open Location Code
77C5445F+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 243006604OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6690257Wikidata ID
Q323163Above Rocks Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Cebuano: Above Rocks
- Dutch: Above Rocks
- French: Above Rocks
- German: Above Rocks
- Italian: Above Rocks
- Persian: اباو راکس
- Polish: Above Rocks
- Swedish: Above Rocks
Other Places Named Above Rocks
In the Area
Above Rocks is situated close to the village Miriam Hill and the hamlet Golden River.
Localities
- Miriam HillHamlet
- Zion HillHamlet
- Parks RoadHamlet
- Bamboo CornerHamlet
- Essex HallHamlet
- Mount OliveHamlet
Landmarks
- St. Mary's Catholic ChurchChurch
- Above Rocks Police StationPolice station
- Zion Hill BridgeBridge
- Glengoffe Health CentreHospital, 3 km north
- Glengoffe Manor HouseRuins, 3½ km north
- Nethersole Pit-2Cave, 3½ km southwest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Above Rocks. Photo: papushin, CC BY-SA 2.0.