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Barbadosi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Barbados | Country |
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Area:
439 km2
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Bridgetown | 98,511 (2016) |
| Speightstown | 3,634 (2016) |
| Oistins | 2,285 (2016) |
| Bathsheba | 1,765 (2016) |
| Holetown | 1,350 (2012) |
| Crane | 935 (2018) |
Other Languages:
French:
Barbade
German:
Barbados
Italian:
Barbados
Russian:
Барбадос
Simplified Chinese:
巴巴多斯
Spanish:
Barbados
Afrikaans:
Barbados
Akan:
Baabados
Albanian:
Barbadosi
Alemannic:
Barbados
Amharic:
ባርቤዶስ
Anglo-Saxon:
Barbados
Arabic:
باربادوس
Aragonese:
Barbados
Armenian:
Բարբադոս
Aromanian:
Barbados
Asturian:
Barbados
Aymara:
Barbados
Azeri:
Barbados
Bambara:
Barbadi
Bashkir:
Барбадос
Basque:
Barbados
Bavarian:
Barbados
Belarusian:
Барбадас
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Барбадас
Bengali:
বার্বাডোস
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
বার্বাডোস
Bosnian:
Barbados
Breton:
Barbados
Bulgarian:
Барбадос
Burmese:
ဘာဘေးဒိုးစ်နိုင်ငံ
Catalan:
Barbados
Cebuano:
Barbados
Central Bikol:
Barbados
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
باربادۆس
Chavacano:
Barbados
Chechen:
Барбадос
Cherokee:
ᏆᏇᏙᏍ
Classical Chinese:
巴貝多
Cornish:
Barbados
Crimean Tatar (Latin):
Barbados
Croatian:
Barbados
Czech:
Barbados
Danish:
Barbados
Doteli:
बार्बाडोस
Dutch:
Barbados
Dzongkha:
བྷར་བེ་ཌོས
Egyptian Arabic:
باربيدوس
Erzya:
Барбадос
Esperanto:
Barbado
Estonian:
Barbados
Ewe:
Barbados
Extremaduran:
Barbaus
Faroese:
Barbados
Farsi/Persian:
باربادوس
Fiji Hindi:
Barbados
Finnish:
Barbados
Franco-Provençal:
Barbâda
Fula:
Barbadoos
Gagauz:
Barbados
Galician:
Barbados
Georgian:
ბარბადოსი
Greek:
Μπαρμπάντος
Guarani:
Varvado
Gujarati:
બાર્બાડોસ
Haitian:
Lababad
Hakka:
Barbados
Hausa:
Barbadas
Hebrew:
ברבדוס
Hill Mari:
Барбадос
Hindi:
बारबाडोस
Hungarian:
Barbados
Icelandic:
Barbados
Ido:
Barbados
Igbo:
Barbados
Iloko:
Barbados
Indonesian:
Barbados
Interlingua:
Barbados
Interlingue:
Barbados
Irish Gaelic:
Barbadós
Jamaican Patois:
Baabiedoz
Japanese:
バルバドス
Javanese:
Barbadhos
Judaeo-Spanish:
Barbados
Kabyle:
Barbados
Kalmyk:
Барбадосин Орн
Kannada:
ಬಾರ್ಬಡೋಸ್
Kapampangan:
Barbados
Karakalpak:
Barbados
Kashmiri:
باربیڈاس
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Барбадос
Khmer:
បារបាដូស
Kikuyu:
Babadosi
Kinyarwanda:
Barubadosi
Komi:
Барбадос
Konkani:
बार्बाडोस
Korean:
바베이도스
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Barbados
Kyrgyz:
Барбадос
Lao:
ບຣາບາດັອດ
Latin:
Barbata
Latvian:
Barbadosa
Ligurian:
Barbados
Limburgian:
Barbados
Lingala:
Barbados
Lingua Franca Nova:
Barbados
Lithuanian:
Barbadosas
Livvi-Karelian:
Barbados
Lojban:
barbados
Lombard:
Barbados
Low Saxon/Low German:
Barbados
Lower Sorbian:
Barbados
Luganda:
Barabadosi
Luxembourgish:
Barbados
Macedonian:
Барбадос
Malagasy:
Barbady
Malay:
Barbados
Malayalam:
ബർബാഡോസ്
Maltese:
Barbados
Manx:
Barbados
Marathi:
बार्बाडोस
Mazanderani:
باربادوس
Meadow Mari:
Барбадос
Min Dong Chinese:
Barbados
Mingrelian:
ბარბადოსი
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Barbados
Moksha:
Барбадос
Mongolian:
Барбадос
Nahuatl:
Barbados
Nauruan:
Barbadot
Nepali:
बार्बाडोस
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
बार्बाडोस
Norfolk:
Barbados
Northern Frisian:
Barbados
Northern Sami:
Barbados
Norwegian:
Barbados
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Barbados
Novial:
Barbados
Occitan:
Barbados
Odia:
ବାରବାଡସ
Ossetian:
Барбадос
Pali:
बार्बाडोस
Papiamento:
Barbados
Pashto:
باربادوس
Piedmontese:
Barbados
Polish:
Barbados
Portuguese:
Barbados
Punjabi:
ਬਾਰਬਾਡੋਸ
Ripuarian:
de Ensel Barbados
Romanian:
Barbados
Romansh:
Barbados
Rundi:
Barubadosi
Russia Buriat:
Барбадос
Rusyn:
Барбадос
Samogitian:
Barbaduosos
Sango:
Barabâda
Sanskrit:
बार्बाडोस
Saterland Frisian:
Barbados
Scots:
Barbados
Scottish Gaelic:
Barbados
Serbian:
Барбадос
Serbo-Croatian:
Barbados
Shona:
Barbados
Sicilian:
Barbados
Silesian:
Barbados
Sinhalese:
බාබඩෝස්
Slovak:
Barbados
Slovenian:
Barbados
Somali:
Barbados
South Azerbaijani:
باربادوس
Sundanese:
Barbados
Swahili:
Barbados
Swati:
IBhadosi
Swedish:
Barbados
Tagalog:
Barbados
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Барбадос
Tamil:
பார்படோசு
Tatar:
Барбадос
Telugu:
బార్బడోస్
Tetum:
Barbadus
Thai:
ประเทศบาร์เบโดส
Tibetan (Standard):
བར་བ་ཌོ་སི།
Tigrinya:
ባርቤዶስ
Tongan:
Pāpeitosi
Traditional Chinese:
巴巴多斯
Turkish:
Barbados
Turkmen:
Barbados
Ukrainian:
Барбадос
Upper Sorbian:
Barbados
Urdu:
بارباڈوس
Uyghur:
باربادوس
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Barbados
Venetian:
Barbados
Veps:
Barbados
Vietnamese:
Barbados
Volapük:
Barbadeän
Võro:
Barbados
Walloon:
Barbåde
Waray:
Barbados
Welsh:
Barbados
West Frisian:
Barbados
Western Punjabi:
باربادوس
Wolof:
Barbados
Wu Chinese:
巴巴多斯
Yakut:
Барбадос
Yiddish:
בארבאדאס
Yoruba:
Bárbádọ̀s
Zazaki:
Barbados
Zeelandic:
Barbados
Zhuang:
Barbados
Zulu:
i-Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America. It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km² (167 sq mi). It is in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, Barbados is the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 13°N of the equator. It is about 168 km (104 mi) east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 180 km (110 mi) south-east of Martinique and 400 km (250 mi) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
Barbados is divided into 11 parishes: Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, and Saint Thomas. St. George and St. Thomas are in the middle of the country and are the only parishes without coastlines.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities6 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Description: "clay ironstone" References: |
| ⓘ 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' Locality: Bath Cliff, Saint John Parish, Barbados Description: As "tar" impregnating late Eocene deep-sea sediments. |
| ⓘ Reidite (TL) Formula: Zr(SiO4) Type Locality: |
| ⓘ Siderite ? Formula: FeCO3 Description: "clay ironstone" References: |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) Locality: Bath Cliff, Saint John Parish, Barbados |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite ? | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Reidite (TL) | 9.AD.45 | Zr(SiO4) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Petroleum var. Bitumen' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Reidite | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | ⓘ Reidite | Zr(SiO4) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Zr | ⓘ Reidite | Zr(SiO4) |
Fossils
There are 40 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 491 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) | |||||||||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 55.8 Ma (Eocene) | |||||||||||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | |||||||||||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 40 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q244 |
| GeoNames ID: | 3374084 |
Localities in this Region
- Saint Joseph Parish
- ⭔Saint Lucy Parish
- ⭔Saint Michael Parish
- ⭔Saint Peter Parish
- ⭔Saint Philip Parish
- ⭔Saint Thomas Parish
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
Atlantic Ocean
- Barbados Accretionary PrismAccretionary Complex
Caribbean PlateTectonic Plate
North America
- Central AmericaSubregion
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Barbados