Ann
ST., a name applied to a number of places in various parts of the world. The best known and most worthy of notice are (1) St. Ann Shoals, off the S. part of the coast of Sierra Leone, extending from Cape Shilling to Sherboro Island, a distance of between 30 and 40 miles. (2) St. Ann (Cape), the extreme N. W. point of Sherboro Island, coast of Sierra Leone; lat. 7° 34′ N.; long., 12° 57' W.; having close by a group of islands called Turtle Islands. (3) St. Ann's, a town, river, and bay, Jamaica, on the N. coast; the latter in lat. 18° 20' N.; long. 77° 13' W. (4) A cape or headland on the N. W. coast of Africa, about 35 miles S. S. E. of South Cape Blanco, near Arguin, and within the bank of that name: lat. 20° 30' N.; long. 17° O' W. (5) A lake, Upper Canada, 20 miles long, and 20 broad, about 45 miles N. of Lake Superior, with which it has communication by the Nipigon river. (6) A harbor on the E. side of Cape Breton, British America; lat. 46° 21′ N.; long. 60° 27' W.