Piscadera Bay
Piscaderabaai | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood / Bay | |
 Piscadera Bay and fort | |
  Piscadera Bay Location in Curaçao | |
| Coordinates: 12°07′30″N 68°58′00″W / 12.1249°N 68.9668°W | |
| State | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Country | Curaçao |
| City | Willemstad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.62 km2 (1.40 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 787 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Piscadera Bay (Dutch: Piscaderabaai) is a waterway and a neighbourhood in the Netherlands Antilles. It is situated at the western side of Otrobanda,[3] in the southern part of Willemstad, the capital of the southern Caribbean island of Curaçao. It contains a fort of the same name, the Caribbean Marine Biological Institute,[4] and several hotels. It has a small beach, as well as a vacation village and holiday resort,[5] with tennis courts and casinos. Sint Anna Bay is nearby.[3] In the 17th century, maps of Piscadera Bay showed it to be a popular locale for fishing,[6] with over 400 different species noted.[7]
- ^ Piscaderabaai 2011, p. 8.
- ^ "Census 2011". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ a b Showker 2006, p. 346.
- ^ Zaneveld 1958.
- ^ Neumann 1986, p. 206.
- ^ Haviser 1987, p. 28.
- ^ General Biological Supply House 1958, p. 286.