The Holland Bay wetlands are located in the Plantain Garden Watershed Management Unit and include a sandy beach and wetlands. This coastal area is in the easternmost tip of Jamaica and represents an area critical to meeting mangrove goals as part of terrestrial and marine priorities. This area contains the largest expanse of mangroves in Jamaica. Moreover, it also harbours large intact tranches of the following targets that contribute significantly to meeting conservation goals for eastern Jamaica: sandy shore, estuarine areas, seagrass beds, overwintering shorebird areas, turtle nesting beaches, soft-bottom communities and manatee sighting spots.

Though significant economic development and infrastructural improvement to St. Thomas has arguably been slow, the completion of the eastern leg of the south coast highway will attract significant development to the parish. As a consequence it is expected that the already threatened mangrove forest will face increasing pressure for land development in the coming years. Currently, the only protection afforded to this site is as a Game Reserve under the Wild Life Protection Act, 1945. While noted the area as a wetland in The Town and Country Planning (St. Thomas Parish) Provisional Development Order, 2018, the area has no specific zoning.

The site features the Morant Point Lighthouse, which is a declared JNHT national monument. It was built in 1841 and is the oldest lighthouse on the island.