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Grand Cayman

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island in the Caribbean

Key facts

Location
Caribbean
Archipelago
Greater Antilles
Area
196 km (76 sq mi)
Highest elevation
18 m (59 ft)
Highest point
unnamed
Territory
Cayman Islands
Largest settlement
George Town (pop. 34,921 )
Population
75,000+ (2021)
Pop density
224.6/km (581.7/sq mi)

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Encyclopedic overview

Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the territory's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Cayman Brac.

Location of Grand Cayman (circled), south of Cuba and the Florida peninsula

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grand Cayman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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