Grand Cayman

Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands in the Caribbean. It is 197 square kilometers in size. 1999 it was 37,473 of the 39,410 residents of the Cayman Islands on this island. Slightly more than half of whom live in the capital Georgetown.

The east of the island is less developed than the western part of the island, in the Georgetown and the Owen Roberts International Airport ( GCM) are. On the western bay is the Seven Mile Beach, a long beach with coral sand, which is known among other things, the film adaptation of the novel The company. The rare Blue Iguana, also called Grand Cayman Iguana is endemic to the island.

In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan passed by with Category 5 in about 50 km distance to Grand Cayman, where he called for several deaths with wind speeds of up to 290 km / h and destroyed 80 % of the buildings on the island. He was the most severe hurricane, the island experienced in the past 86 years.

• Island of the Cayman Islands
• Island ( Caribbean Sea )
• Island (North America)