Alligator Pond

Alligator Pond
Fishing village
Alligator Pond is located in Jamaica
Alligator Pond
Alligator Pond
Coordinates: 17°52′16″N 077°34′06″W / 17.87111°N 77.56833°W / 17.87111; -77.56833[1]
CountryJamaica
ParishManchester
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (1991)[2]
 • Total1,542
 • Estimate 
(2010)
1,826
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Working coast: The beaches are the hub of economic activity in Alligator Pond. The bauxite exporting Port Kaiser is visible on the horizon.

Alligator Pond is a fishing village on the southwestern coast of Jamaica in the parish of Manchester.[3]

Unlike the tourist-oriented coasts in the northern part of the country, Alligator Pond's shoreline is as much about work as play; here fishermen launch their boats to catch some of the island's best-regarded fish while women conduct the wholesale business of the catch. Weather-worn cookshops and bars line the sand's edge, supplying food staples such as curried goat and Red Stripe beer.[4]

  1. ^ "Alligator Pond (17°52'16"N 077°34'06"W)". WikiMapia.
  2. ^ "Alligator Pond, Manchester, Jamaica". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Alligator Pond, Manchester, Jamaica" (17°52'N 077°34'W) at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ^ Gerry Manacsa (22 March 2004). "Days in the Life ... the beach at Alligator Pond, Jamaica".