South Negril Point is the westernmost point of mainland
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
.
[UK ]Directorate of Overseas Surveys
The Ordnance Survey International or Ordnance Survey Overseas Directorate its predecessors built an archive of air photography, map and survey records for the United Kingdom from 1946 to 1999. The Ordnance Survey International Collection (formerly ...
1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet B, 1958. It is located a little south of the
resort town
A resort town, resort city or resort destination is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town has one or more actual resorts in the surrounding area. Sometimes ...
of
Negril
Negril is a small, widely dispersed beach resort and town located in Westmoreland and Hanover parishes at the far western part of Jamaica, southwest from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.
Westmoreland is the westernmost paris ...
and a little north of
Negril Lighthouse.
See also
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List of countries by westernmost point
This is a list of countries by westernmost point on land (dependent territories included). A selection of dependent territories are listed in ''italics'' and are not ranked.
There are five countries with territory on both sides of the 180th merid ...
References
{{Geographical extremities of Jamaica
Headlands of Jamaica
Extreme points of Jamaica
Geography of Westmoreland Parish