Geography of the Turks and Caicos Islands
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Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
lie in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Bahamas and north of Haiti. The archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
consists of the following islands:
- Bay Cay
- Belle Isle
- Ambergris CayAmbergris CayAmbergris Cay is an island within the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was named for valuable deposits of ambergris, a waxy substance that migrating humpback whales secrete, found on the of shoreline. The island is approximately four miles long, one mile wide, and in total...
- Big Cameron Cay
- Big Sand Cay
- Bird Island
- Blue Hills IslandBlue Hills, Turks and Caicos IslandsBlue Hills are the highest point of Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory located in the Caribbean, with an altitude of 49 metres .-External links: , Maplandia.com....
- Booby Island
- Breeches Island
- Bush Cay
- Conch Cay
- Dellis Cay
- Dikish Cay
- Donna Cay
- East CaicosEast CaicosEast Caicos is the fourth largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, it is separated from Middle Caicos by Lorimer Creek, a narrow passage that can accommodate only small boats. To the south is South Caicos....
- East Cay
- Fish Cays
- Five Cays
- Fort George Cay
- French Cay
- Gibb Cay
- Grad Caicos
- Grand TurkGrand Turk IslandGrand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands with . It contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town and the JAGS McCartney International Airport...
- Highas Cay
- Hog Cay
- Iguana Cay
- Joe Grants Cay
- Little Ambergris Cay
- Little Water Cay
- Long Cay
- Major Hill Cay
- Mangrove CayMangrove CayMangrove Cay is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on Andros Island....
- Middle CaicosMiddle CaicosMiddle Caicos, also Grand Caicos, is the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, it is separated from North Caicos by Juniper Hole, and to the east, from East Caicos by Lorimer Creek, both narrow passages that can accommodate only small boats.Middle Caicos has an area of 144.2...
- Middle Creek Cay
- Middleton Cay
- North CaicosNorth CaicosNorth Caicos is the second-largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, the Caicos Cays link to Providenciales. To the east, it is separated from Middle Caicos by Juniper Hole, a narrow passage that can accommodate only small boats.North Caicos has an area of 116.4 km² within the...
- Parrot CayParrot CayParrot Cay is a private island, part of Turks and Caicos Islands. Parrot Cay is part of the Como Hotels and Resorts. The island features a high-end beach resort, which over the years has seen many visits by celebrities such as Hugh Jackman and Michael J Fox and many more...
- Pear CayPrickly Pear CaysThe Prickly Pear Cays, sometimes spelled Prickley Pear Cays, are a small pair of uninhabited islands about six miles from Road Bay, Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. They are divided by a narrow boat channel between Prickly Pear East and Prickly Pear West...
- Pelican Cay
- Penniston Cay
- Pine CayPine CayPine Cay is an privately owned island occupied by 36 homeowners and a small exclusive resort The Meridian Club in the Turks and Caicos Islands.The Meridian Club consists of 13 beachfront hotel rooms, a restaurant, clubhouse and bar. There is also a small spa....
- Plandon Cay
- ProvidencialesProvidencialesProvidenciales is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The island has an area of and an approximate population of 15,542, making it the largest island in population and the third largest in area. It is served by the Providenciales International Airport...
- Sail Rock Island
- Salt Cay
- Sand Cay
- Seal Cays
- Shot Cay
- Six Hill Cays
- South CaicosSouth CaicosSouth Caicos is the seventh largest island in the Turks and Caicos islands archipelago, with a land area of . The population was estimated at 1579 in 2006. Together with uninhabited East Caicos and a number of smaller islands, it forms the South Caicos and East Caicos District, with a total area of...
- Stubb Cay
- The Island
- Three Mary Cays
- Water Cay
- West Caicos
- West Sand Spit Island
- White Cay