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Saba (/ ˈ s eɪ b ə / ⓘ SAY-bə, [6] Dutch: ⓘ) [7] is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. [8] [9] It consists largely of the dormant volcano [10] Mount Scenery, which at 870 metres (2,854.3 ft) is the highest point of the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Bottom (formerly Botte) is the capital and largest town of the island of Saba, [2] the Caribbean Netherlands. It is the first stop on the way from Saba's Port in Fort Bay towards the rest of the island. In 2001, it had 462 inhabitants of the total 1,349 islanders. [1] It is the administrative center of Saba. [3]
Saban women continue to make two traditional island products, Saba lace and Saba spice. Saba lace is handstitched; the island's women began making it in the late 19th century [7] and built this into a thriving mail-order business with the United States. [8] Saba spice is a rum drink, brewed with a combination of spices. [9]
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After surveying the island by air, de Haenen suggested then-privately owned Flat Point as the site for the airport. The land was cleared and graded in only a couple of weeks. De Haenen made the first landing of an aircraft on the island of Saba on February 9, 1959, with nearly the entire population of the island in attendance. [6] [7]
The island governor of Saba is the representative on Saba, an island of the Netherlands, of the Dutch head of state (King Willem-Alexander), under responsibility of the minister of the interior and kingdom relations. The governor is appointed by the monarch for a period of six years.
The geology of Saba represents a young Pleistocene volcanic island. The oldest rocks are overlain by the Sugar Loaf-White Wall Formation shallow marine limestone. Mt. Scenery is the island's highest point and records a pyroclastic volcano that is the highest point in the Kingdom of the Neth
The Flat Point Tide Pools (or Saba Tide Pools) are located on the coast of Saba, in the Dutch Caribbean. They are located on the Flat Point peninsula Lower Hell's Gate. These tide pools feature large lava rock formations filled with colorful saltwater pools. [1] The site was formed during volcanic activity about 5,000 years ago. [2]