Prickly Pear Cays
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea | |
| archipelago | Lesser Antilles | |
| Geographical location | 18 ° 16 ′ N , 63 ° 11 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 3 | |
| Total land area | 0.97 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Prickly Pear Cays (from English prickly pear , prickly pear ' ) is a complex of three uninhabited islands existing islands of Anguilla , a British overseas territory in the Caribbean .
geography
The two largest sand islands in the group, called Prickly Pear West and Prickly Pear East , are only separated from each other by a 150 m wide water channel. Both islands are flat and overgrown with scrub. According to the map, the islands are also simply called West I. and East I. , with heights of 19 and 12 meters (original information 62 and 38 feet ). Just under 400 meters north of the eastern island is the tiny North I. (also North Cay ), which is only 30 meters in diameter and two meters (6 feet) high.
Just under a kilometer north of the western island are the two Flirt Rocks , which according to the map (there in the singular Flirt Rock ) reach a height of five meters (original information on the map 16 feet ) and which no longer belong to the archipelago.
Less than 5 km northwest of Prickly Pear West is Dog Iceland (Anguilla) , about 11 km east the island of Anguilla .
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://pricklypearanguilla.com/#home
- ↑ Map with altitude information in feet
- ↑ Sailing Directions , p. 147
