Caicos Islands

Caicos Islands
ISS astronaut photo of the Caicos Islands
Waters	Atlantic Ocean
Geographical location	21 ° 39 ′  N , 71 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 39 ′  N , 71 ° 54 ′  W
Number of islands	approx. 30
Main island	Providenciales
Total land area	460.2 km²
Residents	26,519
Map of the Turks and Caicos Islands

The Caicos Islands ( English Caicos Islands ) are a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 kilometers north of the island of Hispaniola . Together with the Turks Islands , which are almost 40 kilometers southeast, they form the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands .

The archipelago includes over 30 islands, the main island Providenciales as well as West Caicos , North Caicos , Middle Caicos , East Caicos and South Caicos are among the well-known .

Islands

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

This incomplete list contains a selection of the Caicos Islands (pre-sorted from west to east):

Island name	annotation	Coordinates	Area km² (approx.)	Residents 2012
West Caicos		21 ° 40 ′  N , 072 ° 27 ′  W.	23.3	-
Providenciales		21 ° 47 ′  N , 072 ° 17 ′  W.	98	23,769 a)
Mangrove Cay		21 ° 49 ′  N , 072 ° 09 ′  W.	...	-
Little Water Cay	Iguana Island	21 ° 50 ′  N , 072 ° 09 ′  W.	...	-
Donna Cay		21 ° 50 ′  N , 072 ° 08 ′  W.	...	-
Water Cay		21 ° 51 ′  N , 072 ° 07 ′  W.	2.5	-
Pine Cay		21 ° 53 ′  N , 072 ° 06 ′  W.	2.8	*)
Stubbs Cay		21 ° 53 ′  N , 072 ° 05 ′  W.	0.37	-
Fort George Cay		21 ° 54 ′  N , 072 ° 05 ′  W.	0.3	-
Dellis Cay		21 ° 54 '  N , 072 ° 04'  W	2.3	-
Parrot Cay		21 ° 55 ′  N , 072 ° 04 ′  W.	10	131
North Caicos		21 ° 53 ′  N , 071 ° 57 ′  W.	116.1	1.312
Middle Caicos		21 ° 47 ′  N , 071 ° 44 ′  W.	135.9	168
Bay Cay		21 ° 56 '  N , 071 ° 53'  W.	...	-
East Bay Cay		21 ° 53 '  N , 071 ° 53'  W.	...	-
Conch Cay (North)		21 ° 51 ′  N , 071 ° 52 ′  W.	...	-
Highas Cay		21 ° 52 '  N , 071 ° 51'  W.	...	-
East Caicos		21 ° 42 ′  N , 071 ° 30 ′  W.	90	-
South Caicos		21 ° 31 '  N , 071 ° 31'  W.	24.1	1.139 b)
Long Cay		21 ° 28 ′  N , 071 ° 34 ′  W.	0.9	-
Middleton Cay		21 ° 29 ′  N , 071 ° 35 ′  W.	...	-
Conch Cay (South)		21 ° 28 ′  N , 071 ° 35 ′  W.	...	-
Little Ambergris Cay		21 ° 18 ′  N , 071 ° 41 ′  W.	6.6	-
Big Ambergris Cay		21 ° 18 ′  N , 071 ° 38 ′  W.	4.3	*)
Breaker rock		21 ° 14 ′  N , 071 ° 37 ′  W.	0.006	-
Bush Cay		21 ° 12 ′  N , 071 ° 38 ′  W.	0.08	-
Shot Cay		21 ° 11 ′  N , 071 ° 42 ′  W.	0.013	-
Indian Cay		21 ° 11 ′  N , 071 ° 47 ′  W.	0.05	-
White Cay		21 ° 11 ′  N , 071 ° 48 ′  W.	0.04	-
West Sand Spit	almost flooded	21 ° 24 ′  N , 072 ° 08 ′  W.	...	-
French Cay		21 ° 30 ′  N , 072 ° 12 ′  W.	0.089	-

^*) The population of Pine Cay and Big Ambergris Cay are not collected separately, but are added to Providenciales and South Caicos, respectively.

^a) This also includes the residents of Pine Cay.

^b) This includes the residents of Big Ambergris Cay.

The islands or cays in the southeast of the Caicos Bank, from Bush Cay to White Cay, are part of the Seal Cays Wildlife Sanctuary .

literature

• HE Sadler, Marjorie Sadler, Karen Collins: Turks Islands Landfall. A History of the Turks & Caicos Islands . Marjorie E. Sadler, Grand Turk - Turks and Caicos Islands 1997, ISBN 976-8138-62-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2012 Population and Housing Census - Preliminary Report. (PDF; 1.69 MB) In: caribbeanelections.com. KnowledgeWalk Institute, p. 26 , accessed on September 24, 2019 .