Talk:Saba (island)/Archive 1

Coordinates
I think that the co-ordinates are not correct because it shows the map of Sint-Eustatius. The correct ones are: 17° 37' 31" N; 63° 14' 58" W (The Bottom)

I think correct coordinates are: N 17deg 38.1' | W 63deg 13.7'

- R. Kilby -
 * Checked the coordinates in the article, they're correct. Guess that's an old comment. Jaho (talk) 13:34, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Atoll
Saba is actually an atoll, not an island -Dan Sorry correction, Saba Bank formed around the volcano is the atoll, but this is important mention as it is the largest growing atoll in the Caribbean.
 * Saba Bank is not "around" the island, it is southwest of the island. About a third of it is in Saba's territorial waters. Invertzoo (talk) 19:58, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Picture
Added in a picture of the island showing the airport in the foreground and various communities up the hill. Thanks to copywright holder Tommy Mogren of www.vikingslides.com for allowing the use of this image! Burtonpe 02:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

LIAT does not fly to Saba, only WINAIR.

St Maarten (the Dutch side) is NOT clean. There is an abundance of litter on Dutch and French St Martin. Unfortunately, Saba is also getting more littered.

201.220.4.250 01:23, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Name
I think "Saba" should be a disambiguation page, while this Saba would be at Saba (island). I really doubt that the majority of searches or references to "Saba" would be for this small island, as opposed to the Yemenite kingdom, or Sheba, or something similar.

Yom 19:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Volcano
I changed the description of the volcano on Saba from "extinct" to "dormant" (some might even say active). Saba last witnessed a volanic eruption around the year 1640 (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1600-01=) and is subject to occasional seismic activity (http://www.uwiseismic.com/News/advisories.html) Saba should not be considered extinct.

Aeolian Island
Iman Wilkens in his book Where Troy Once Stood mentions Saba as the location of the Aeolian Island from Homer's poem "the Odyssey". Wouldn't it be interesting to mention this in the article? --Antiphus 15:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Municipality
Together with 2 other Dutch Island Saba will become a 'special' municipality, 'royal island', with the right to vote in Dutch and European elections. I don't know enough about the subject but it would be nice if someone could make the necessary changes. Niels Brons 11:43, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It is written about on the articles Netherlands Antilles and Kingdom of the Netherlands. (en, aangezien je Nederlands bent, je kunt ook kijken op nl:Staatkundige hervormingen binnen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). Maartenvdbent 12:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This is due on 10 Oct 2010 (10/10/10). A number of Antilles-related pages would have to be changed by then. Note that the islands will not become part of the EU (and consequently the islanders cannot vote in European elections) for at least another five years. The EU status of the islands will be re-evaluated in 2015. (I believe this is still up to date, not 100% sure though.) Jaho (talk) 22:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Two roads
There are actually two roads. The old road and the new road, however one is almost unusable if my memory serves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.155.144.199 (talk • contribs) 04:51, 15 April 2007
 * And which one is almost unusable? The old one or the new one? ;) Jaho (talk) 22:55, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Height of Mount Scenery
We had the height of Mount Scenery as 877 m. A Google search reveals that there are many sources using that number, but a lot of them may have copied it from Wikipedia. I say that because as plenty of other sources have 870 m as the height. I checked with the Saba Conservation Foundation today, and they pointed me in the direction of Paul Lillsey, a cartographer, who gives the height as 870 m, 2853 feet:

http://www.paulillsley.com/exploresaba/index.html

so I have changed it to that. Hope this is OK with everyone else. Invertzoo (talk) 16:46, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Article added to Further reading
I added an article to the "Further reading" that would serve as a good reference for an editor seeking to improve the article. MrBill3 (talk) 08:15, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Saba. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20091224143841/http://nos.nl/artikel/95861-antillen-opgeheven-op-10102010.html to http://nos.nl/artikel/95861-antillen-opgeheven-op-10102010.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 01:14, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Saba. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://archive.is/20130730170850/http://www.sabanews.nl/0_wordpress/scf-to-receive-subsidies-for-refurbishment-of-hyperbaric-chamber-and-mooring-system/ to http://www.sabanews.nl/0_wordpress/scf-to-receive-subsidies-for-refurbishment-of-hyperbaric-chamber-and-mooring-system/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 17:11, 9 December 2017 (UTC)