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A cay (/ ˈ k iː, ˈ k eɪ / KEE, KAY), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific , Atlantic , and Indian oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef .
The islands are located on the Cayman Rise which forms the northern margin of the Cayman Trough.The trough is the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea and forms part of the tectonic boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.
Base Line Cay; Beach Cay; Beacon Cay; Beak Cay; Bell Cay (owned by the Aga Khan IV) Ben Cay; Berry Islands; Big Bersus Cay; Big Carters Cay; Big Cave Cay; Big Cay; Big Crab Cay; Big Cross Cay; Big Darby Island, a private island in the Exumas; Big Egg Island; Big Farmer's Cay; Big Fish Cay; Big Grand Cay; Big Harbour Cay; Big Hog Cay; Big Jerry ...
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.
Baker's Bay and Gumelemi Cay are the location of the Baker's Bay Golf & Ocean Club, as well as the controversy surrounding it.In 2004, the Discovery Land Company began the megadevelopment project, which is largely believed by conservation groups to have destroyed the area. [3]
Ambergris Caye (/ æ m ˈ b ɜːr ɡ r ɪ s ˈ k iː / am-BUR-gris KEE; Spanish: Cayo Ambergris), is the largest island of Belize, located northeast of the country's mainland, in the Caribbean Sea.
The atoll of Tetiʻaroa in French Polynesia. An atoll (/ ˈ æ t. ɒ l,-ɔː l,-oʊ l, ə ˈ t ɒ l,-ˈ t ɔː l,-ˈ t oʊ l /) [1] is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon.
Bramble Cay is the largest nesting site of green turtles in the Torres Strait (as of 2008). It also supports the only large seabird colony in the region. [14] A variety of birds nest on the northern side of the cay, with the crested tern the most common one observed in the 1990s.