Cotton Cay

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Cotton Cay
Satellite image of Cotton Cay (center)
Satellite image of Cotton Cay (center)
Waters Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Turks Islands
Geographical location 21 ° 21 '47 "  N , 71 ° 9' 18"  W Coordinates: 21 ° 21 '47 "  N , 71 ° 9' 18"  W
Cotton Cay (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Cotton Cay
length 2.35 km
width 600 m
surface 1.13 km²
Highest elevation m
Residents uninhabited

Cotton Cay is a small island in the Turks Islands group . It is located about 2.7 kilometers northeast of Salt Cay and, like this one, belongs to the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands .

The island is flat, elongated in shape and about 1.13 km² in size. Some paths in the southwest suggest that the island, which is now uninhabited, was once used.