Great Salt Pond, St Catherine, Jamaica

Great Salt Pond is located in Portmore, St Catherine, Jamaica (Caribbean).

⭐ Points of Interest:
00:19 Hellshire Community
00:45 Fort Clarence Beach
01:10 Sand bar
01:33 Fort Clarence (Historical site)
02:53 The Flashes
03:15 Water flowing from The Flashes into the Great Salt Pond
03:23 Hellshire Bridge
04:06 Hellshire Roundabout

Watch Men trying to catch crocodile at Hellshire Bridge link below
? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFWZuY8lFH0

The pond can found at the eastern end of Hellshire, north of Fort Clarence Beach and west of Fort Clarence (Historical site)

The Great Salt Pond can be described as an Estuarine / Mangrove Biome, or Manga

One river flows into the pond

Originally the pond was separated from the sea by a permanent sand bar which was often breached during periods of heavy rainfall

It was permanently opened by the construction of a channel during the 1970's.

The mangrove forest surrounding the pond is dominated by Rhizophora mangle mixed with bullrush (Typha domingensis).

The salinity of the Great Salt Pond is variable depending on rainfall and evaporation.

Crocodiles are known to frequent The Flashes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFWZuY8lFH0

Plans for utilisation of this wetland have included the establishment of a nature reserve, and shrimp farming.

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Posted by InJamaica in St Catherine on September 24 2021 at 11:03 PM  ·  Public
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