Bluefields, Jamaica
Bluefields is a settlement in Westmoreland Parish on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. It contains a major beach, Bluefields Beach.
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| Coordinates: 18.172°N 78.025°W | |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Parish | Westmoreland |
In Spanish Jamaica, Bluefields was known as Oristan.
The town was named after Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch-Jewish pirate, privateer, and explorer of Central America and the western Caribbean.
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