VirtualGlobetrotting: Netherlands Antilles Maps & Satellite Images

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St. Martin
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By: nic.
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Note the this island is split in two -- the French side is part of Guadeloupe

Le Mirage (Largest Brothel in the Caribbean)
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Le Mirage, also known as Campo Allegre, is the largest legal brothel in the Caribbean. Located in Curacao, a constituent country of the Netherlands, which has legalized prostitution, the brothel has operated since 1949. The prostitutes live in former army barracks, between 150-300 at a time, and only foreigners are allowed to work on 3-month work visas.

Roman Abramovich's "Eclipse"
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First aerial image of the world's biggest superyacht. It was captured cruising off St. Martin. At the moment the image is only visible in Google Maps' earth mode and in Google Earth (image dated Feb 28th 2011).

Roman Abramovich's yacht Eclipse
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By: Rene73.

Saint Maarten - Princess Juliana Airport (SXM/TNCM)
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By: cmike77.

Curaçao International Airport (CUR/TNCC)
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By: cmike77.
Curaçao International Airport
Hato International Airport
Hato Internationale luchthaven

Saba Island
fin (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: fin.
Saba Island is a public body of the Government of the Netherlands.

Google founder Larry Page's superyacht "Senses"
boris_the_spider (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boris_the_spider.
Berthed at Isle del Sol Marina, Simpson Bay.

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB) (world’s shortest commercial runway)
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By: DonMartini.
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (IATA code SAB) is the only airport on the Caribbean island of Saba, in the Netherlands Antilles. It is well known among experienced fliers for the way in which airplanes must approach or take off from the airport.
Yrausquin Airport covers a relatively large portion of the small island of Saba. Some aviation experts are of the general opinion that the airport is one of the most dangerous in the world, despite the fact that no major tragedies have happened at the facility. The airport's sole runway is marked with an X at each end, to indicate to commercial pilots that the airport is closed for commercial aviation.
The danger arises from the airport's physical position. It is flanked on one side by high hills, and on the other side and at both ends of the runway by cliffs dropping into the sea. This creates the possibility that an airplane might overshoot the runway during landing or takeoff and end up in the sea or on the cliffs.
Despite the fact that the airport is marked as a non-commercial facility, airlines are able to land there by obtaining waivers from the Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority.
Yrausquin Airport can be seen from some places in Saint Martin.

Donald Trump's House "Le Château des Palmiers"
jdubble07 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jdubble07.
Purchased in 2013 for $19.7M, Le Château des Palmiers is located on thie Caribbean island of St. Martin. Much like everything else he owns, Trump describes the property as "the best in the world".
The property, mostly used as a rental villa, costing between $6,000 and $28,000 per night, was recently listed for sale for $28M.

Maho Beach
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By: zoidberg.
Check out airliners.net for some cool pictures of planes landing over this beach.

Salt Collection Ponds on Bonaire
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By: TexasAndroid.

Cruise ship in Saint Martin
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By: TexasAndroid.

Moored HSC HSS Discovery, formerly Stena Discovery
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By: Dania.
HSS Discovery is a high-speed ferry owned by Albamar Shipping Company. It is a member of the HSS 1500 class of high-speed ferries built for and designed by Stena Line from 1996 onwards.
The vessel was previously named Stena Discovery and operated for Stena Line between Harwich International Port, in the United Kingdom and Hoek van Holland, in The Netherlands.

Klein Curaçao (Little Curaçao) Lighthouse
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.
1850 (rebuilt in 1879 and again in 1913). Reactivated; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); two white flashes every 15 s. 20 m (66 ft) round masonry tower with lantern and gallery, connected to two ruined 2-story keepers houses. The lighthouse is white with a rusty red lantern; the keeper's houses are red. Previously abandoned and still endangered, this historic lighthouse was nonetheless reactivated with a solar-powered LED beacon in the restoration of Curaçao's aids to navigation. Recent photos show the keeper's houses to be crumbling rapidly. The barren island of Klein Curaçao is located 11 km (7 mi) off the southeastern tip of Curaçao. Located at the center of the island. Accessible only by boat.

Superyacht Mirabella V
boris_the_spider (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boris_the_spider.
At a length of 75.22 meters (247 ft) Mirabella V is the largest sloop of the world. Owned by Joe Vittoria so far the yacht was recently sold to an unknown private owner.
She was captured anchored off Simpson Bay (Feb 2011 imagery).

Plaza Hotel Curaçao (tallest building in Netherlands Antilles)
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By: kkeps.
By Ben Smit

Flamingo Int'l Airport (BON/TNCB)
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Curaçao Sea Aquarium
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Limitless (luxury yacht)
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By: Rene73.

F D Roosevelt Airport
St. Eustatius Island

Christoffelberg (highest point of Curaçao)
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By: kkeps.
The Christoffelberg, also known as Mt Christoffel or Mt St Christoffel, named after the explorer Christopher Columbus, is the highest point on Curaçao. The Christoffelberg is 375 meters (1,230 ft) high and lies in the reserved wildlife park, Curaçao Christoffelpark, which can be explored by car, bike, horse, or on foot using several trails that have been laid out for this purpose.

Klein Bonaire
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.
Klein Bonaire (Dutch for "Little Bonaire") is a small uninhabited islet off the west coast of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, and is part of the Dutch special municipality of Bonaire. The islet, which sits within the rough crescent formed by the main island, is 6 square kilometres (1,500 acres) and extremely flat, rising no more than two meters above the sea. The only structures on the island are some ruins of slave huts (small, single-room structures dating to the region's period of slavery), and a small open shelter on the beach facing Bonaire. The island has no running water or sanitation facilities.

Queen Emma Bridge
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Sail Yacht Phocea
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By: Rene73.

Sint Eustatius
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By: fin.
Sint Eustatius is a public body of the Government of the Netherlands.

Klein Curaçao
Mike1989 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike1989.
Klein Curaçao (English: Little Curaçao) is a 1.7 square kilometres (170 ha; 0.66 sq mi) uninhabited island south-east of Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea, and is part of the country of Curaçao. The only structures on the island are an old lighthouse, a beach house, and several huts. Klein Curaçao is well known as a beautiful diving-spot because of its coral and underwater caves. It's fairly easy to spot colorful fish and sea turtles when snorkeling.

Cactus Airfield
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By: adrbr.

Curasub in Curaçao
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By: SpiderX22.
The Curasub is a 6.5 ton, five person mini-submarine based on the venerated Aquarius submersible design and capable of reaching depths of 1000 feet. The craft has room for a pilot and four tourists, who view undersea landscapes unreachable to divers through 40-inch acrilyc viewports. Based in the island nation of Curaçao, the Curasub is operated by Substation Curaçao. It launches from 127 foot-long Chapman, a former NOAA research vessel now owned by the University of Puerto Rico, for four, 1.5 hour-long, $650 forays daily. A 110 ton knuckle boom crane plucks the mini-sub from the ship's rear deck and deposits it in the water.

Fort Amsterdam, Curaçao
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By: Xeba73.
Built in 1635 as a fortress and local headquarters of the Dutch West India Company. Today it houses the government of Curaçao.

Lacre Punt Light
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By: WacoKidd110.
Date unknown (station established 1837). Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 9 s. 21 m (69 ft) round cylindrical masonry tower with gallery; lantern removed; solar-powered beacon mounted on the gallery. Lighthouse painted white with four narrow vertical red stripes. 1-story keeper's house in ruins.

Atrium Beach Resort & Spa (tallest building in Sint Maarten)
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Google Maps Underwater (Klein Bonaire)
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Drydock

Boeing E-3 & RC-135 at Curacao

JetBlue Embraer E190 landing at Princess Juliana Airport (SXM)
Dania (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Dania.
Just passing over the beach at the airport of Sint Maarten where people swim.

Pinel Island

Queen Juliana Bridge
Tallest bridge in the Caribbean
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Seru Bentana Lighthouse

Former Radio Nederland transmitter station
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By: hhgygy.
One of the two major worldwide transmitters of Radio Nederlands was dismantled in 2012.

Cruise port (Port of St. Maarten)
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Aserca Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82/3
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By: SpiderX22.
Airline dysfunctional as of May 22, 2018

Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas Boeing 727
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By: SpiderX22.
Airplane in flight in Curaçao!

Bonaire
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Wilhelmina Park
Featured in Leg 6 of The Amazing Race Latin America 5

Tula Monument
Featured in Leg 6 of The Amazing Race Latin America 5

Insel Air Fokker 50
Another Curaçao plane!

Parrot Ville Bird Park
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By: Fab.

Curaçao

Caye Chateau
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Cas Abao Beach
Site of the Pit Stop of Leg 6 of The Amazing Race Latin America 5

White Hole (Bonaire)
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Jibe City Massage

Petite Clef
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Molly Beday

Curaçao Golf and Squash Club

Ergilio Hato Stadium

Little League Baseball Stadium

Flat Island

Caye Verte

Isla Oil Refinery

Fort Amsterdam (Sint Maarten)

Consulate of France in Willemstad

Consulate General of the United States in Willemstad

Consulate General of China in Willemstad

Guana Key

Zones humides et marines de Saint Martin (WWFF FFF-1245)
Mike_bjm (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Mike_bjm.
On Thursday 13th April 2023 Michal FS/OM2DX a radio amateur from the Slovak Republic activated WWFF FFF-1245 - Zones humides et marines de Saint Martin (Wetlands and areas of Saint Martin)
WWFF is an award scheme for amateur radio operators which aims to highlight the importance of protected flora and fauna,
Michal made a total of 115 contacts ion the 15m and 10m amateur radio bands while he was in the FFF-1245 area on Saint Martin Island.
The Saint-Martin Nature Reserve was created in 1998. It covers over 3060 hectares and 11 km of coastline, in the northeast of the Saint Martin. The Marine Reserve covers the main part of the reserve. In the northeast of the island the area Nature Reserve covers the rocky coast, cliffs, beaches and mangroves.