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| Great Sand Cay
Great Sand Cay, (or Big
Sand Cay), is a particularly remote island that lies 6 miles south of Salt Cay
in the Turks Island group. It is the most southerly point of land in the entire
Bahamian chain and as such is a popular anchorage for sailing boats journeying
to and from the Greater Antilles The Island is protected as a bird sanctuary
and requires special permission to land on it. It is not a big island and there
is a spectacular beach on the west side and a high bluff in the centre.
Treacherous rocks guard its northern approach but make for excellent
snorkelling in calm weather. It is an amazing place to explore or have a picnic
when out boating in the area and an advantageous spot to look for the migrating
humpback whales in the winter months. There are exciting stories of pirate’s
treasure found buried here and as well as numerous shipwrecks on the reefs
nearby. HMS Endymion, a 44-gun British warship is probably the most famous of
these, she ran aground on uncharted reefs to the south of the Cay in 1790 and
the mammoth anchors and chain can still be seen today.
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| The central beach on Big Sand Cay |
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