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"Owen's Island" or "The Key" is a small islet off the south-western coast of Little Cayman, approximately 1000 ft (300m) from the nearest point on Little Cayman. Cayman's 4th island is rumoured to be named after a sailor named Owen who was on a ship named the "Sparrow Hawk" which anchored nearby multiple times and he always would visit the key ...
Bodden Town is the former capital of the Cayman Islands and the largest district in the territory. It is situated on a natural harbour and a coral reef. The first settlement was named after a government leader, William Bodden. Once ravaged by pirates, this village is known for its remains of a 4 mi (6 km) wall and cannon.
The Cayman Islands (/ ˈ k eɪ m ən /) is a self-governing British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population.The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located south of Cuba and north-east of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
This is a list of airports in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory. The islands lie in the northwest of the Caribbean Sea and are situated about 500 miles (800 km) south of Miami, 180 miles (290 km) south of Cuba, and 195 miles (314 km) northwest of Jamaica. Grand Cayman is the biggest island, with an area of ...
The National Trust for the Cayman Islands is the national trust serving the Cayman Islands. Its purposes are to preserve sites of artistic and architectural interest in the islands and to provide protection for local natural resources and wildlife. [ 1 ]
Cayman Brac is an island that is part of the Cayman Islands. It lies in the Caribbean Sea about 145 km (90 mi) north-east of Grand Cayman and 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Little Cayman . It is about 19 km (12 mi) long, with an average width of 2 km (1.2 mi).
Grand Cayman Lighthouse: Image: 1980: Grand Cayman: Q R: 6 metres (20 ft) 13716: J5232: 6 Little Cayman Lighthouse: Image: n/a: Little Cayman: Fl W 5s. 6 metres (20 ft) 13736: J5238: 10 Little Cayman East Point Lighthouse: n/a
England took formal control of Cayman, along with Jamaica, under the Treaty of Madrid in 1670 [10] after the first settlers came from Jamaica in 1661–71 to Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. These first settlements were abandoned after attacks by Spanish privateers, but English privateers often used the Cayman Islands as a base and in the 18th ...