Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Port Elizabeth
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Port Elizabeth
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Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Coordinates: 13°00′40″N061°14′04″W / 13.01111°N 61.23444°W / 13.01111; -61.23444
Country Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Island Bequia
Parish Grenadines
Time zone UTC-04:00 (AST)

Port Elizabeth is a town located on the island of Bequia, which is part of the Grenadines island chain. It is the capital of Grenadines Parish. [1] The town was named after Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of her parents. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Port Elizabeth" . Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Robert M. Anderson, ed. (1938), The Saint Vincent Handbook, Printed at the Office of the "Vincentian", p. 395
  3. ↑ About St. Vincent and the Grenadines: An Official Publication of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourist Department, Voice Publishing Company, 1983, p. 6


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