SABA - The Highest Point of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

On November 13, 1493 Christopher Columbus was the first European who sighted SABA in the Carribean. After that the island was in hands of the French, English, Spanish, and Dutch. Finally in 1816 Holland took possession of SABA. Before the "discovery" of Columbus in 1493, Arawak Indians used to live on the island, some objects were found to prove this settlement. Artifacts of this period and other objects can be found in the State Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, The Netherlands. SABA ("The Unspoiled Queen") consists largely of the dormant volcano. The Mount Scenery (888 m) at SABA is considered to be the highest point of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. There are not any beach areas on the entire island since the entire shoreline is made up of cliffs that drop straight down into the ocean.The locals claim that SABA's runway is the /click/shortest commercial runway.In 2002 a committee had been established to formally request UNESCO to declare SABA a World Heritage Site.