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The two islands to the top right are Jura (the larger one) and Scarba; the Gulf of Corryvreckan lies between them. Stretching off to the top left is the Sound of Jura . Strong Atlantic currents and unusual underwater topography together produce a particularly intense tidal race in the Corryvreckan channel.
Turks and Caicos Islands Big and Little Ambergris Cay. This is a list of islands of the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are about 75 islands and land-tied islands in the Turks and Caicos Islands, including the following islands: [1]
The Turks Islands are separated from the Caicos Islands by Turks Island Passage, which is more than 2,200 m (7,200 ft) deep. [39] The islands form a chain that stretches north–south. The 2012 census population was 4,939 on the two main islands, the only inhabited islands of the group:
Location of the Turks and Caicos Islands An enlargeable map of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Turks and Caicos Islands: Turks and Caicos Islands – British Overseas Territory comprising two groups of tropical islands north of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic ...
The following 27 pages use this file: Ambergris Cay; Blue Hills, Turks and Caicos Islands; Dellis Cay; East Caicos; Grand Turk Island; JAGS McCartney International Airport
Providenciales is the most tourist-oriented and developed of the Turks and Caicos Islands, boasting many resort hotels and an 18-hole golf course. [3] The island has recently become popular with retirees from around the world, kindling a boom of residential development. Grace Bay has seen many luxury condos built on its shores. [citation needed]
The Turks and Caicos Islands are divided into five administrative districts (one in the Turks Islands and four in the Caicos Islands), and the Island of Grand Turk; four of these are headed by District Commissioners, and Providenciales District is run by the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Premier in Providenciales.
Humpback whale breaching off South Caicos. The humpback whales of Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands and Silver Bank are North Atlantic humpback whales, and are some of the same individuals one might encounter on a whale watching cruise off of Massachusetts' Stellwagan Bank, the coast of Maine, and further north into the waters of Iceland and Greenland, Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.