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Bathsheba Beach is a popular surfing spot along the rugged east coast of Barbados. Limestone formations dot the coastline, providing a stark contrast to the clear waters.
Flower Cave on the Barbados north coast is a hollowed-out limestone cave that is partially submerged during high tide. Tourists can visit at low tide.
Barbados geology is based on coral deposits and uplifts. Along the north shore, coral cliffs rise 15 m (50 ft) above the water below.
The Morgan Lewis Windmill in St. Andrew, Barbados, is the largest and only fully functioning sugar windmill in the Caribbean. This mill ground sugarcane from the 18th century through 1947. In 1962, the Barbados National Trust acquired the mill for preservation as a museum, and it was restored to full functionality.
Harrison’s Cave in central Barbados provides tourists with a visual lesson of the purification process for island rainfall. Water seeping through the earthen roof forms an underground stream, which fills aquifers before draining into the ocean.
In the 1960s, engineers hypothesized that it would be possible to use ballistic launchers to shoot satellites into orbit. A test launcher was set up on the Barbados south coast.
Saint James Church in Holetown is the oldest church in Barbados. The original building from 1628 was wooden, but coral and limestone upgrades were added over the next three centuries. The church today is largely unchanged from the early 1900s.
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