Little Ambergris Cay

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Little Ambergris Cay
ISS astronaut photo of the Ambergris Cays Little Ambergris Cay in the center, left
ISS astronaut photo of the Ambergris Cays
Little Ambergris Cay in the center, left
Waters Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Ambergris Cays
Geographical location 21 ° 17 ′ 51 ″  N , 71 ° 41 ′ 22 ″  W Coordinates: 21 ° 17 ′ 51 ″  N , 71 ° 41 ′ 22 ″  W
Little Ambergris Cay (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Little Ambergris Cay
length 4.8 km
width 1.3 km
surface 6.59 km²
Highest elevation 2  m
Residents uninhabited

Little Ambergris Cay is an uninhabited island in the Ambergris Cays group , a small Atlantic archipelago in the southeastern Caicos Islands .

The five kilometers long and about one kilometer wide, marshy and silted island is two kilometers west of Big Ambergris Cay .

The name of the islands is derived from Ambergris (English for ' ambergris '), a waste product of sperm whales used for perfume production , which was previously washed up there in large quantities.

Web links

  • Ambergris Cays. In: visittci.com. Visit Turks and Caicos Islands Limited.;