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  Cayman Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the western Caribbean Sea comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman.
The population of the Cayman Islands is 34,763 as of July 2000.
The defence of the Cayman Islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cayman_Islands   (1762 words)

  
 Little Cayman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Little Cayman is the smallest and least populated of the Cayman Islands.
Little Cayman is located in the Caribbean Sea 80 miles east of Grand Cayman and 5 miles west of Cayman Brac.
Little Cayman is accessible by air and water from Cayman Brac.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Cayman   (283 words)

  
 Geography and Geology of the Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands are three islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, located in the Caribbean Sea.
The three islands are outcrops of the Cayman Ridge, a range of submarine mountains extending west southwest from the Sierra Maestra range in the southeast portion of Cuba to the Misteriosa Bank in the direction of Belize.
Little Cayman is five miles west of Cayman Brac and is ten miles long and two miles at its widest point.
cayman.com.ky /geo.htm   (587 words)

  
 daveread.com - July 1999 Little Cayman Trip Report
Little Cayman is a tiny slip of land approximately 70 miles from Grand Cayman, and just 5 miles from its nearest neighbor, the sister island of Cayman Brac.
Unfortunately, Little Cayman's reefs are suffering the same fate as many other Caribbean reefs: some of the coral color is departing due to the bleaching, and parts of the reef are over-run by algae growth, which chokes off light and nutrient flow to the coral.
Little Cayman doesn't boast the wealth of non-diving topside activities that some diving destinations do, but there are a few things wort doing on the island.
www.daveread.com /tripreports/LittleCayman/LittleCayman.html   (4689 words)

  
 Dive Geo - Cayman Brac and Little Cayman page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Grand Cayman, at 22 miles (35 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide, is almost twice the length and many times wider than Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are 89 miles (142 km) to the northeast.
Cayman Brac (known simply as the Brac) is a rugged 14 square miles (36 sq km) dominated by a 144-foot (44-m) bluff or cliff surrounding the eastern end of the island.
At Tarpon Lake on Little Cayman, many light tackle and fly fishermen have succeeded in their catch-and-release quest for a Sister Islands “grand slam” which consists of a bonefish, tarpon and permit landed in one day.
www.dtmag.com /divegeo/cayman-little-brac.html   (2920 words)

  
 Little Cayman Area Information
Little Cayman is perhaps the closest thing to a private paradise one could ever hope to find.
Little Cayman is home to famous Bloody Bay Wall, starting at 18 feet and plunging vertically to 1,200 feet.
Little Cayman's relaxing atmosphere and unspoiled natural splendor remain very much intact while technological progress makes life here even more comfortable and convenient for those who live and visit.
www.cayman-islands.com /AreaPages/LiCayInfo.html   (429 words)

  
 Islands.com | Little Cayman
Thirty or so years ago, Little Cayman was a backwater Caribbean hideaway for a handful of hardy divers and fishermen who didn’t mind roughing it at lodges where electricity meant cranking up the generator.
Little Cayman may be only 10 miles long, but it’s often ranked among the world’s top 10 dive spots.
Grand Cayman, about 80 miles away to the southwest, has all the shopping and after-hours entertainment you could ask for, but if your idea of nightlife is sitting around after dinner talking about dive tables and tying saltwater flies, Little Cayman is probably already on your short list for vacation getaways.
www.islands.com /littlecayman   (940 words)

  
 The Cayman Islands: Organizing your way there with cayman . org!
The Cayman Islands government has just issued a report (10 January 2005), completed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) which was created at the request of the CI Government and made with the support of the United Nations Development Programme.
While Cayman Brac and Little Cayman came through pretty well, Grand Cayman was hit much worse as the center of the storm passed within 20-30 miles of the south side of the island.
First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman is spearheading a program in cooperation with the Cayman Minister's Association to re-roof and drywall as many homes of the elderly, widows, single parents and those without insurance on the island.
www.cayman.org   (1790 words)

  
 Little Cayman Diving with Paradise Divers - Text-Only Page
The sister islands of Little Cayman and Cayman Brac are separated by a narrow 7 miles channel.
Little Cayman, however, is only reachable by smaller turboprop airplane do to the rugged nature of its airstrip.
This little bug is due to the nature of the image you mentioned, which is in fact active content in the form of a flash movie.
www.paradise-divers.com /simple.htm   (9101 words)

  
 Southern Cross Club - Little Cayman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
"On Little Cayman the sun is shining all year round and the ocean is always a glistening blue.
Located on Little Cayman Island, about 400 miles South of Miami, the Southern Cross Club was founded in 1959 when Little Cayman boasted a population of just 12.
Now with a bustling population of about 100, Little Cayman continues to be one of the least developed tropical islands in the western hemisphere.
www.southerncrossclub.com /main   (249 words)

  
 Cayman Islands, Little Cayman, Pirates Point (Scuba Diving Trip Reports, Travelogues at DiveAtlas.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
We won a trip to Jamaica, so we thought we would extend it to Little Cayman for 5 days while we were in the area.
The runway at Little Cayman is dirt and grass.
The weather in Little Cayman was overcast with sun breaks for the most part.
www.diveatlas.com /travel/Cayman8.asp   (2860 words)

  
 Cayman weather. Cayman Island guide for Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac & Little Cayman, Cayman Islands - Cayman Online
With warm, sunny temperatures of between 72°F and 88°F all year round, the Cayman Islands are hard to beat for visits at any time of the year.
There is little difference in the length of the days between summer and winter.
The last hurricanes to directly impact the Cayman Islands were "Gilbert" in September of 1988 and "Mitch" in October of 1998.
www.caymanonline.com /info/weather/index.shtml   (256 words)

  
 Dom Nozzi's Little Cayman Adventures
We then catch a plane to Grand Cayman (surprisingly flying over Cuban airspace), and are serenaded by a live reggae band playing at the entrance to the terminal.
Landing at the Little Cayman airport is interesting, as the "runway" consists of gravel and grass.
Little Cayman-87 miles northeast of Grand Cayman, 480 miles from Miami, and 90 miles south of Havana-is 10 miles long and about one mile wide (8-10 square miles).
www.afn.org /~savanna/cayman.htm   (1588 words)

  
 Little Cayman’s first ambulance
Before it was sent to Little Cayman, the ambulance went through some extensive repairs and replacements and has been brought up to a satisfactory level.
Little Cayman Health Services consists of a Paramedic and a RN, who will staff the ambulance and will be available for calls twenty-four-seven.
He added that Little Cayman Clinic will now have an ambulance service that will be able to provide a higher level of service for Little Cayman residents and visitors for pre-hospital and clinic care.
caymannetnews.com /2005/09/930/sister/ambulance.shtml   (540 words)

  
 Sport Diver Magazine - Little Cayman: Unquestionable Quality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The awesome quality of the diving on Little Cayman is enhanced by the superb service provided by the professional staff at Reef Divers.
Measuring eight miles in length and only a mile across, Little Cayman is the smallest of the Cayman Islands.
Little Cayman is about 90 miles northeast of Grand Cayman and 5 miles west of its sister island, Cayman Brac.
www.sportdiver.com /article_content.jsp?ID=716   (720 words)

  
 Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Cayman Islands xeric scrub (NT1305)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Cayman Islands are a small group of low-lying Caribbean islands that support dense evergreen thicket communities.
This species was once found on Little Cayman, but that population was eliminated by a fierce storm in 1932.
Little Cayman Island rock iguanas are also at risk from cars.
www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt1305.html   (528 words)

  
 NATIONAL TRUST for the Cayman Islands
It is ultimately for the people of the Cayman Islands to decide whether they wish to keep the native iguana and other vulnerable wildlife as part of their natural surroundings, and whether they are prepared to accept reasonable limitations on development to make this possible.
It may eventually be possible to restock Cayman Brac with iguanas from Little Cayman, but this would be doomed to failure if the original causes of the decline on Cayman Brac are not controlled.
Before Cayman Brac's iguanas have a hope for recovery, a concerted effort to reduce the thousands of feral cats, many living in hunger and misery in the woodlands, must first be undertaken.
www.nationaltrust.org.ky /info/lc-rockiguana.html   (930 words)

  
 Little Cayman : Introduction | Frommers.com
The islands of the Caymans are mountaintops of the long-submerged Sierra Maestra Range, which runs north and into Cuba.
Beneath Little Cayman's Bloody Bay is one of the mountain's walls-a stunning sight for snorkelers and divers.
The flats on Little Cayman are said to offer the best bonefishing in the world, and a brackish inland pool can be fished for tarpon.
www.frommers.com /destinations/littlecayman/2369010001.html   (411 words)

  
 The Cayman Islands - Little Cayman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It plays host to a wide variety of exotic plants and birds, as well as to iguanas and other wildlife, and is a nature lovers paradise.
There is no paved runway, only a grass landing field, but that only enforces the reality of an isolated island getaway but to experience a Little Cayman vacation does not mean having to give up the comforts of home.
If you decide to spend a portion or all of your vacation on Little Cayman you won't be disappointed and fond memories surely await you.
cayman.com.ky /visiting/littlec.htm   (230 words)

  
 Little Cayman
The third island in The Caymans, Cayman Brac, is 5 miles further to the Northeast off the East end of Little Cayman.
Little Cayman is 5 miles away from Cayman Brac and 80 miles away from Grand Cayman, the other two islands that comprise the Cayman Islands.
While Little Cayman isn't the stereotypical white sandy beach island, there IS a beautiful beach at the east end called 'Point of Sand'.
home.comcast.net /~tb0yd/LittleCayman.html   (1840 words)

  
 Cayman Net News Online: Bringing the Cayman Islands to the World
A North Side resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said she was upset after discovering that the pipeline that was due to carry piped water to North Side and Cayman Kai, would in fact be going in the opposite direction, along the Queens Highway, in the direction of East End.
The company is now offering a $399 special fare to Boston from Grand Cayman with Cayman Brac and Little Cayman residents having to add $50 to be part of the deal.
ALL radio stations in Grand Cayman are complying with their licences in spite of two of them creating interference for others, said an official of the Information and Communications Technology Authority (ICTA).
www.caymannetnews.com   (492 words)

  
 Little Cayman Baptist Church - The Greatest Little Church on the Greatest Little Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Little Cayman Baptist Church - The Greatest Little Church on the Greatest Little Island
The eye of hurricane Ivan, a category 5 hurricane, passed 80 miles south of Little Cayman on the night of Saturday September 11, 2004 and made a direct impact on the island of Grand Cayman.
While we received some damage to the homes and hotels on the south side of Little Cayman, it is nothing compared to the devastation on the island of Grand Cayman.
www.littlecaymanbaptistchurch.com   (409 words)

  
 Little Cayman 3
We actually found the Cayman Air counter, nestled somewhere around the G gates, were all 4 seated together (pretty neat, eh) and directed to the gate area.
The Cayman Airways 737-200 is not being operated by those who subscribe to the "let’s reconfigure so passengers don’t get so pissy" school of aviation management.
After waiting in the line from a deeper hell than Cayman Air, we got to the front, actually got seats in the exit row (yay legroom!) we were told that all four of us had been randomly chosen to receive the special prize of getting our luggage X rayed.
www.cyberdive.org /littlecayman3.html   (3615 words)

  
 UnderSee Gallery - Little Cayman Photographs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Little Cayman is a small, under developed island east of Grand Cayman, and just south of Cuba.
On subsequent trips we opted for the luxury and convenience of a live aboard, the Little Cayman Diver II, out of Cayman Brac.
Little Cayman is a very special place for me because it is the first place my wife and I were able to do some "real" diving.
www.undersee.com /littlecay.html   (166 words)

  
 Little Cayman
As it's name implies, Little Cayman is the smallest of the three Cayman Islands.
While Grand Cayman and the Brac have international air terminals capable of landing large jet aircraft, Little Cayman still has a grass runway.
My big motivation in coming back to Little Cayman was to photograph the red Strawberry Sponges that are found on the walls around Little Cayman with great frequency.
www.concentric.net /~stevesue/little_cayman.htm   (238 words)

  
 Reef Divers - Little Cayman - Scuba Diving the Cayman Islands
On Little Cayman, our DOE representative, Jim Squire, is completing the repair of moorings and the reef has been surveyed.
The staff of Little Cayman Beach Resort have worked non-stop since the hurricane and are ready for the grand re-opening on October 23 rd.
Although tourists are not allowed to visit Grand Cayman at this time, there are no travel restrictions for the Sister Islands and visitors are permitted to connect in Grand Cayman.
www.reefdivers.ky /lc   (570 words)

  
 Naturecayman.com - Brac Birds
In summer, when non-breeding migrants have moved on, residents including the near-threatened Cayman Brac parrot rule the roost.
The Sister Islands are a long way across water from anywhere- that's why so many birds stop off on their seasonal migration to the West Indies, Central and South America and warmer weather.
Those who give their offspring Cayman birthrights include the pied-billed grebe, West Indian whistling-duck, tricolored and green herons, yellow-crowned night-heron, willet, and fl-necked stilt.
www.naturecayman.com /naturecayman.asp?nsp=6   (241 words)

  
 Cayman Wildlife Connection
The Cayman Islands is one of only two places in the world to attract Velvety Free-Tailed Bats to bat houses and our program is the most successful in the entire Caribbean.
A little tolerance and sharing is all that is needed for Cayman Islands wildlife to have a place in our gardens.
Cayman Islands animals evolved with no major land predators and are not suited to defending themselves from dogs, cats or rats.
www.caymanwildlife.org /wildlife.html   (2286 words)

  
 Southern Cross Club on Little Cayman Island
The Cayman Islands are located in the western Caribbean, 480 miles south of Miami.
The island country consists of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which lies approximately 89 miles east-northeast of Grand Cayman.
Little Cayman, only 10 miles long and a mile wide, is relatively flat, reaching a maximum elevation of 40 ft.
www.leisuretimetravel.com /southx.htm   (622 words)

  
 Cayman Islands vacations, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, Little Cayman — DoitCaribbean — Caribbean holidays
Little Cayman has a population of just 70.
Area: Grand Cayman covers 76 square miles (196 square kilometres), Cayman Brac 15 square miles (39 square kilometres), and Little Cayman 11 square miles (28 square kilometres).
The main banks are Barclays Bank, Cayman National Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Washington International Bank.
www.doitcaribbean.com /caymanislands/index2.html.en-GB   (218 words)

  
 Caribbean beach resort Little Cayman island
Little Cayman is the smallest and least developed of the three Cayman Islands, located 87 miles northeast of Grand Cayman, five miles west of Cayman Brac, 480 miles from Miami and 90 miles south of Havana.
First discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1503 and rarely visited (except for the occasional pirate) until recent times, Little Cayman is now a favorite destination of modern day explorers, photographers, naturalists and, of course, divers.
The Little Cayman Beach Resort is situated on a private beach on the south shore of Little Cayman, bordered by the South Hole Sound, a turquoise lagoon protected by the reef.
www.littlecayman.com   (380 words)

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