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Georgetown, Saint Helena
Saint Helena · 7.93° S, 14.42° W · Also listed as Clarence Bay; Table Bay; English Bay
The World Port Index classes Georgetown as an open roadstead on the South Atlantic Ocean. It records a cargo pier depth of 1.8 m. Norfolk is 8,130 km away in a straight line.
- Cargo pier depth
- 1.8 m
- From Norfolk
- 8,130 kmGreat-circle distance
Depths and vessel limits
- Anchorage depth
- 20 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 1.8 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 11 m
- Tidal range
- 1 m
- Offshore maximum vessel draft
- 9.7 m
As recorded in the World Port Index. Gauges run from 0 to 25 m. Confirm current depths and limits with the port before you fix a vessel.
Facilities on record
Arrival and entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Pilotage compulsory
- No
- Pilotage available
- No
- Tug assistance
- No
- Tug salvage
- No
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Poor
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: breakbulk, solid bulk and liquid bulk. The heaviest lift class recorded is up to 24 tons.
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts up to 24 tons
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- Yes
- Railway
- None
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated limited.
- Repairs
- Limited
- Electrical repair
- Yes
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel oil
- No
- Potable water
- No
- Provisions
- No
- Shore electricity
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- No
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Saint Helena
- US exports, 2025
- $1.3MLed by electrical machinery and equipment
- US imports, 2025
- $6.0MLed by fish and seafood
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Distances are great-circle distances computed from World Port Index coordinates, not sailing distances.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.