Mavis Bank | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Jamaica |
Coordinates: | 18.0314°N -76.6584°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Jamaica |
Subdivision Type1: | Parish |
Subdivision Name1: | St Andrew |
Seat Type: | Parliamentary Constituency |
Seat: | East Rural Saint Andrew[1] |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Est: | 1787 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2009 |
Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10miles north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland.[3]
The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in Scotland) which has been owned by the Munn family for many years, and is the main employer in the area.[4] One of the coffees produced by the estate is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.[5]
Close to the west south west is a summit of the same name on which stands a tertiary triangulation station (18.0271°N -76.6625°W).