The Cockpit Country

Jamaica / Trelawney / Albert Town /
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An almost impassable area of thickly forested karst landscape. This was the western stronghold of the Maroons.

Its boundaries are imprecise but are generally taken to be the surrounding "ring road". (Reference: Jamaican place names, Higman, 2009).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockpit_Country
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Coordinates:   18°19'38"N   77°39'0"W

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  • How did The Cockpit Country get it's name?
  • These mountains are made in great part of water soluble limestone which through the erosive action of water and time ended up pocked with roughly circular bowl-like depressions that reminded some of the first Englishmen of the cock fighting pits of their homeland, thus the Cockpit name. Diablo.Suelto from Venezuela much enjoyed the good people and beautiful country of Jamaica.
  • In a deleted duplicate place, mobaymadness wrote: "This rare and wonderful untouched forest and wildlife reserve needs to be declared a National Park and protected for all mankind , especially from the greedy bauxite mining companies which now threaten it's very existence."
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