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    Grand Turk Island

    Grand Turk

    21°27′N 71°08′W

    Grand Turk is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory, tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. 9 sq mi). Grand Turk contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town, and the JAGS McCartney International Airport.

    Grand Turk, TKCA 1ZZ, Turks and Caicos Islands
    Grand Turk, TKCA 1ZZ, Turks and Caicos Islands

    Dameon Hudson / CC BY 3.0

    Terrain

    21°27′N 71°08′W

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    Overview

    Grand Turk is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory, tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands (the smaller of the two archipelagos that make up the island territory) at 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi). Grand Turk contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town, and the JAGS McCartney International Airport. The island is the administrative, historic, cultural and financial centre of the territory and has the second-largest population of the islands at approximately 4,831 people in 2012.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Turks Islands

    • Salt Cay

      6.7 km²▲ 19 m

      Major islands

    • Cotton Cay

      1.1 km²▲ 14 m

      Minor islands

    • Big Sand Cay

      0.52 km²▲ 13 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.44 km²▲ 17 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.19 km²▲ 9 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.11 km²▲ 13 m

      Minor islands

    • Penniston Cay

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      Minor islands

    Also in Lucayan Archipelago

    Also in The Bahamas

    Also in Caribbean

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs