Ragged Point Lighthouse is situated at the easternmost point of the island of
Barbados
Barbados, officially the Republic of Barbados, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American ...
,
near the village of Ragged Point in the parish of
Saint Philip.
See also
*
List of lighthouses in Barbados
This is a list of lighthouses in Barbados. They are located close to important ports of Barbados and the eastern coast to guide ships from across the Atlantic to the relatively flat island.
Lighthouses
Notes and references
See also
* Trans ...
References
External links
*
''De sommet en sommet, les Alpes en péril''(broadcast to French/German TV
Arte
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) : Ragged point as the best spot for
climatologist
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s to monitor cloud formations in the
Caribbean Sea
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, like
Hawaii for the Pacific High ; hence the German
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
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settled a Climate
research center
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Mathematics
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* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentric ...
there.
Lighthouses in Barbados
Saint Philip, Barbados
Lighthouses completed in 1875
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