This is a list of beaches of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua has 365 beaches.[citation needed]
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Overview edit
The country consists of the islands of Antigua and Barbuda (and the remote uninhabited island of Redonda), in the central section of the island chain of the West Indies, as one of the northernmost of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.
Both islands are of volcanic origin but, compared to other Antilles islands, relatively old and therefore lack a pronounced central mountain range. They are surrounded by the shallow sea of the submarine shelf and mature coral reefs, which protect them from erosion and provide the beaches with the famous pure white sand, which is slightly pink on Barbuda.[1]
The beaches of the island form the economic basis of the small state, although tourism in Antigua and Barbuda is not as pronounced as on other Caribbean islands. Development only began in the 1980s. Under Lester Bird, the development of tourism infrastructure was intensified, partly with high land consumption, resulting in the sacrifice of some of the most important mangrove swamps on Antigua.[2] At times, there was also illegal sand mining[3] – in the mid-1990s, Barbuda was the main source of building sand in the eastern Caribbean.[3] Due to the absence of mountains, both islands lack orographic clouds and receive little orographic rainfall,[4] which has affected the important coastal freshwater reserves.[5] As a result, an oppositional ecological protest movement emerged in the 1990s, leading to some violent protests against new construction projects.[6] Nevertheless, there are still undeveloped beaches on both islands; in 1988, eight beaches were declared undevelopable by Parliament (Undeveloped Beaches, beach protection areas).[7] Under the influence of rising sea levels due to global warming as well as environmental reasons, more emphasis is now placed on beach protection. The trigger for this change in thinking was Hurricane Luis in September 1995, which caused severe coastal damage.[8] There is permanent land loss at some beaches.[9] Since the mid-2000s, there has been some expansion, but it is more oriented towards quality tourism integrated into the regional structure (Eco-tourism).[10]
Beaches are considered public property (state land) and are freely accessible,[11] with occasional exceptions for private ownership. Going topless in public is considered indecent.[12]
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- Buccaneer Cove Beach[13]
- Carlisle Bay Beach[13]
- Coco Point beach, Barbuda, 17°32′59″N 61°45′58″W / 17.54985°N 61.76615°W[14]
- Coral Bay Beach[13]
- Darkwood beach, SW Antigua[13]
- Deep Bay Beach, Southeast Antigua[13]
- Dickison Bay Beach, Northwest Antigua[13][15]
- Doigs Beach, South Antigua[13]
- Devil's Bridge beach, Devil's Bridge National Park, Saint Philip, Antigua and Barbuda, 17°06′02″N 61°40′42″W / 17.100519490551395°N 61.678426951857126°W[14]
- Eden beach (nude beach), Hawksbill Bay, near Five Islands, Antigua, 17°06′36″N 61°54′04″W / 17.11002553033083°N 61.90116117794223°W[16][17][15]
- 12 beaches, Five Islands, Antigua
- Fort James Beach, Fort Bay, Northwest Antigua[13][15]
- Galleon Bay Beach, Freeman's Bay, Antigua, 17°00′41″N 61°45′37″W / 17.0114435103927°N 61.76020144997577°W[16][13]
- Galley Bay beach, Galley Bay, Antigua, 17°07′23″N 61°53′27″W / 17.12296907306051°N 61.89092584603409°W
- Half Moon Bay, SE coast, Half Moon National Park, Antigua[17][13][15]
- Hermitage Bay Beach, near Jolly Harbour[13]
- Jabberwock Beach, Northeast Antigua[13][15]
- Johnson's Point, SW Antigua[13]
- Jolly beach, Jolly Harbour, Saint Mary, Antigua 17°04′10″N 61°53′23″W / 17.06952°N 61.88961°W[14][17][13]
- Little Ffryes Beach, Antigua[17][13][15]
- Long Bay beach, East Antigua[13][15]
- Pigeon Point beach, Barbuda, 17°38′40″N 61°44′49″W / 17.64446°N 61.74686°W[15]
- Pink sand beach, Barbuda, 17°35′32″N 61°49′26″W / 17.592323310577704°N 61.82401923374897°W[18][16]
- Rendezvous Bay, South Antigua[13][15]
- Runaway Beach, Dickenson Bay, Runaway Bay, Antigua17°08′45″N 61°51′25″W / 17.145911062081417°N 61.85691619705991°W[19]
- Sea Grapes Beach, Hawksbill Bay, Antigua
- Turner Beach, Antigua
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Lit. Baldwin, "Abschnitt Desiring the Caribbean", The contested beach, p. 207
- ^ Lit. Baldwin, "insb. Abschnitt Lester's alchemy: sand into dollars mit Table 14.1 Resort development along Atlantic and Carebean Coasts, 1947–97", The contested beach, pp. 209 f
- ^ a b Lit. Baldwin, "insb. Abschnitt Costal ecologies as agents, mit Figure 14.2 Caribbean coast tourism and resort landscape alterations (Karte Südwest-Antigau)", The contested beach, pp. 210 ff
- ^ Nachweis UPA 1994a, S. 1 in Baldwin, The contested beach, p. 214
- ^ auf dem noch flacheren Barbuda ging durch den Sandabbau am Palmetto Point Dune Field 1987 sogar die einzige verlässliche dauernde Quelle verloren. Angabe CCA 1991, S. 8, nach Baldwin, The contested beach, p. 214
- ^ Baldwin, "Abschnitt Popular opposition, und folgende Ausführungen zur Carlisle Bay 19991, Coconut Hall bei Seatons 1995/96, Asian Hall auf Guiana Island 1997", The contested beach, pp. 215 ff
- ^ Genivar Trinidad & Tobago; Ivor Jackson and Associates, Kingdome Consultants Inc. (Mitarb.) (December 2011), "3.2.3 Protected Areas", Sustainable Island Resource Management Zoning Plan for Antigua and Barbuda (including Redonda) (PDF), Port of Spain, p. 39, retrieved 2014-02-22
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine - ^ Beach erosion in Antigua-Barbuda. UNESCO Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI); Webseite Managing beach resources and planning for coastline change, Caribbean islands, UNESCO CSI (ehemals Coast and beach stability in the Caribbean – COSALC) – dort auch Literaturverweise.
- ^ Melesha Banhan, Ato Lewis (Bearb.) (2010), "1.3.1.4 Beaches ", in Global Environment Facility (ed.), National Circumstances (PDF) (Chapter 1, zu einem Bericht zu Climate Change Third National Communication, o.n.A.), p. 17 Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ vgl. Antigua Acquires an Upscale Profile. Shelley Emling in The New York Times online, Great Homes and Destinations, 15 April 2010; retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ The Beaches of Antigua and Barbuda. antigua-barbuda.org – The official website of the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Tourism; Archived 2013-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, High Commission for Antigua and Barbuda, antigua-barbuda.com, both retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ das Hawksbill Resort ist die einzige FKK-Bademöglichkeit des Landes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Beaches". Visit Antigua and Barbuda. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Beaches of Antigua and Barbuda". GeoNames.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Best 9 beaches in Antigua". Lonely Planet. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ a b c d "A beach a day: Antigua boasts a year's worth of sunny spots". CNN. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Pink Beach". Fodors. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ "Runaway Beach". Fodors. Retrieved September 16, 2021.