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The Morant Cays is an offshore island group 51 km SSE off Morant Point, Jamaica. It is one of two offshore island groups belonging to Jamaica, the other one is the Pedro Cays. They are located at 17°24′N75°59′W and consist of four small islets grouped closely together along the southeastern rim of Morant Bank a comparatively extensive crescent-shaped bank of coral, over 7 km long, rising from 1000 m. The area of Morant Bank is about 100 km2. The aggregate land area of the four cays is only 16.0 hectares or 39.5 acres. The Morant Cays are low-lying, mostly uninhabited, seasonally visited by fishermen, and fronted by highly exposed reefs over which the sea constantly breaks.
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The Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS), operated a municipal bus service for the Kingston Metropolitan Area, from 1953 until it was wound up in 1983.
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kingston, Jamaica.
Constance Winifred Mark, MBE, BEM was a Jamaican-born community organiser and activist. She served as a medical secretary in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in World War II. After moving to England in the early 1950s, she became an activist for West Indians in London, after being denied her British Empire Medal. She worked to gain recognition for Black service personnel who were overlooked for their services and co-founded the Mary Seacole Memorial Association to bring recognition to the accomplishments of the noted Jamaican nurse.
Rockfort is a community in Kingston, Jamaica that is bounded by Long Mountain range to the north, the sea and Springfield Gardens to the south, Mountain View and Rollington Town to the west, and Harbour View to the east.
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- ↑ The Black Nation - Volumes 3-5 - Page41 The Black Nation. Getting Together Publications. 1983. Retrieved 18 April 2018. 1983
- ↑ "Gardiner - The man behind the music". jamaica-gleaner.com. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ "Kenneth Rickards". Wisden. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ "Sadiki releases fourth solo album". jamaica-star.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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- ↑ Gayle, C. (2016). Six Machine: I Don't Like Cricket ... I Love It. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9780241256350 . Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ↑ Trevor D. Rhone
17°59′N76°46′W / 17.983°N 76.767°W
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