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| ⚫ | '''Klein Curaçao''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Little Curaçao'') is a small [[uninhabited island]] south-east of [[Curaçao]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. The only things on the island are an old [[lighthouse]], beach house, and several huts. Klein Curaçao is well known as a beautiful diving-spot because of its coral and underwater caves. |
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Boaters regularly visit this small island during the day. You can catch a ride out to the island from one of the small tour or dive boats on or you can just ask any fisherman who is going in that direction.[[Curaçao]]. |
Boaters regularly visit this small island during the day. You can catch a ride out to the island from one of the small tour or dive boats on or you can just ask any fisherman who is going in that direction.[[Curaçao]]. |
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[[File:LighthouseOnKleinCuracao.jpg|thumb|The lighthouse at Klein Curaçao]] |
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Klein Curaçao has no permanent inhabitants, only a few palm-font covered sheds for [[day trippers]] from Curaçao, and apart from some coconut palms has little vegetation. But there are some fisherman's huts where the fishermen normally stay for some days. They wil get water from the Coast Guard of the Netherlands Antilles. The windward side is a graveyard for boats that did not stay out far enough or lost power. A small tanker, the ''Maria Bianca Guidesman'', is gradually being diminished to rust and dust by the constant pounding of the waves. The remains of another four or five boats are washed far onshore. This is also the site of the island that is a resting place for tons of [[driftwood]], hundreds of [[flip-flops]], and thousands of plastic bottles. |
Klein Curaçao has no permanent inhabitants, only a few palm-font covered sheds for [[day trippers]] from Curaçao, and apart from some coconut palms has little vegetation. But there are some fisherman's huts where the fishermen normally stay for some days. They wil get water from the Coast Guard of the Netherlands Antilles. The windward side is a graveyard for boats that did not stay out far enough or lost power. A small tanker, the ''Maria Bianca Guidesman'', is gradually being diminished to rust and dust by the constant pounding of the waves. The remains of another four or five boats are washed far onshore. This is also the site of the island that is a resting place for tons of [[driftwood]], hundreds of [[flip-flops]], and thousands of plastic bottles. |
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Revision as of 14:40, 16 December 2008
11°59′34″N 68°39′03″W / 11.99278°N 68.65083°W
Klein Curaçao (English: Little Curaçao) is a small uninhabited island south-east of Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea. The only things on the island are an old lighthouse, beach house, and several huts. Klein Curaçao is well known as a beautiful diving-spot because of its coral and underwater caves.
Boaters regularly visit this small island during the day. You can catch a ride out to the island from one of the small tour or dive boats on or you can just ask any fisherman who is going in that direction.Curaçao.
Klein Curaçao has no permanent inhabitants, only a few palm-font covered sheds for day trippers from Curaçao, and apart from some coconut palms has little vegetation. But there are some fisherman's huts where the fishermen normally stay for some days. They wil get water from the Coast Guard of the Netherlands Antilles. The windward side is a graveyard for boats that did not stay out far enough or lost power. A small tanker, the Maria Bianca Guidesman, is gradually being diminished to rust and dust by the constant pounding of the waves. The remains of another four or five boats are washed far onshore. This is also the site of the island that is a resting place for tons of driftwood, hundreds of flip-flops, and thousands of plastic bottles.
External links
- "Image of the lighthouse on Klein Curaçao". Archived from the original on 2006-07-07.
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