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1324: 1307: 172: 184: 995: 1337: 459:. Cay Sal, the main island in the southwest, is 1.6 km (1.0 mi), 1.22 km (0.47 sq mi) in area, and is no longer inhabited. In its interior is a large salt pond commonly replenished by heavy wind-driven seas that broach the islet along its southwest side. It is covered with stunted palm trees and marked by several dilapidated buildings standing on its west side. This cay gives the name to the whole bank in the English language. 58: 1189:) is the largest and southernmost of the Anguilla Cays. Between the two is the much smaller Middle Cay. In early 2021 three Cubans were stranded on one of the Anguilla Cays for 33 days after their boat was capsized by a storm. The three survived on coconuts, conches and rats for more than a month until their rescue by the US Coast Guard on February 9, after being spotted waving a makeshift flag by a routine patrol flight the day before. 46: 1615: 663:. The Double Headed Shot Cays are a group of elongated cays that extend northeastward from the Elbow Cays, incorporating the Water Cays and all islets and reefs up to the Deadman Cays. They are in a position on the northwest side of Cay Sal Bank where the Florida Current, in its course east and north through the Straits of Florida, usually sets close offshore at full strength. 1181:. Anguilla Cays, near the southeast extremity of Cay Sal Bank, consist of several elongated, scrub-covered, sandy islands which are swampy near their southern end, and are marked here and there by stunted palm trees. The northern end of Anguilla Cays is marked by a beacon, 5 m high. Anguilla Cay is the name of the northern and second largest of the Anguilla Cays. 161: 319:
of roughly triangular shape, with a base along the south rim of 105 km (65 mi), and a width of 66 km (41 mi) north-south. With a surface of 5,226.73 square kilometres (2,018.05 sq mi) it is one of the largest atolls of the world. Among the atolls with some land area
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are the westernmost group, running southwest to northeast along the Straits of Florida. The southernmost cays of the group consist of unnamed islets and rocks. Northeast of these are South Elbow Cay (the westernmost named cay of Cay Sal Bank) and North Elbow Cay, sometimes known just as
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Cay Sal Bank has numerous islets along its rim, except along the south side facing Nicholas Channel, where it has only rocky coral heads. It has a total of 96 islands, islets and rocks awash, with a total land area of 14.87 km (5.74 sq mi).
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But such precise coordinates, so important for ships wishing to avoid Florida's sand bars in leaving the Channel and the Placer de los Roques (Salt Keys), can already be found in Captain Francisco de Seixas y Lobera's old unpublished maps from
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The islands, rocks and reefs along the rim of the atoll are listed clockwise from southwest to southeast. There are also a number of smaller, unnamed cays or rocks. Some of the historical
1323: 1306: 1229: 573:). North Elbow Cay, which is the largest and highest of the cays, is marked by a disused conical stone lighthouse, which is 17.7 metres (58 ft) high. 214:. It is located between 23º27'N - 24º10'N and 079º25'W – 080º35'W. In a geographical sense, it is separate from the Bahamas proper as it is much closer to 1266:
to watch for drug smugglers. The small outpost on Cay Sal island included the only airstrip on Cay Sal Bank and was kept from the 1960s to late 1970s.
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was built by the British on the island of North Elbow Cay in 1839 along with some small buildings. It marked the southern entrance to the
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The compact group formed by Elbow Cays, Crenula Cay, Double Headed Shot Cays, Water Cays and Marion Rock is known in Spanish as
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surface has a depth of 9 to 16 metres (30 to 52 ft). The individual islands (i.e. islets or cays) are 96 in number.
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highlighted that the 'Salt Cays' were a danger for navigation, but that the waters had been previously well charted by
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to the east. In the older maps the size of the cays and their adjacent bank was often exaggerated and merged with the
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and was active until the 1940s. The abandoned lighthouse was briefly reactivated during the 1970s, when the
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names of the features of the bank were replaced by English names when the Bahamas became a British
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is the second closest point of land, approximately 145 km (90 mi) east of Cay Sal Bank.
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Spanish navigators visited the area plotting it for the first time on a map in 1511 as
320:(i.e. disregarding totally submerged atoll structures), Cay Sal Bank is second only to 231: 207: 176: 36: 1495: 1390:, Dirección de Hidrografía, España, Madrid, Imprenta Nacional, 1837. p. 24 and p. 278 1296: 512:. These northwestern cays gave their name to the whole bank in the Spanish language. 321: 227: 203: 151: 1444:
Derrotero de las islas Antillas, de las costas Tierra-Firme, y las del Seno Mejicano
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Derrotero de las islas Antillas, de las costas Tierra-Firme, y las del Seno Mejicano
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spots, but good weather is needed in order to approach the reefs without danger.
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and it was mapped by subsequent cartographers often with its adjacent
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Located on the approximate centre of the eastern side of the bank.
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Old drawing of the British-built lighthouse. Although known as '
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Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition
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Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition
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video of C6ARI DXpedition to Cay Sal Bank, January 2007
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Administratively, the bank and its islands are part of
403:. It is a submerged reef to the ESE of Cay Sal Island. 179:', it was located on Elbow Cay and not Cay Sal Island. 868:, located between the 'Los Roques' and the Dog Rocks. 1409:NOAA Office of Coast Survey RNC Downloads website 1405:Atlantic Coast: Straits of Florida and Approaches 1684: 167:Island with Lavanderas Rocks below right center 62:Cay Sal Bank south of Florida and north of Cuba 16:Carbonate platform in Bahama Banks, The Bahamas 1600:IOTA-DXpedition to Cay Sal Bank NA219, Bahamas 1269:Currently Cay Sal Bank is known for its many 1208:. The atoll was subsequently claimed for the 1399: 1397: 1587:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1455: 1453: 246:is 100 km (62 mi) to the north). 187:North end, Anguilla Cay, Cay Sal Bank, 1949 122:5,226.73 km (2,018.05 sq mi) 1394: 1463:. 3rd Edition, corrected through Mar-01. 1450: 1342:Placer de los Roques (Banco de Cayo Sal) 1335: 1322: 1305: 993: 182: 170: 159: 1553:Cay Sal Bank Lighthouse: A Stately Ruin 1432:Las Bahamas : Recursos Orográficos 922:the northeasternmost island/reef group. 677:) (West Water Cay and East Water Cay), 1685: 1281:Ancient maps and nautical charts show 1641:Islets and features, with coordinates 1548: 1546: 1544: 1542: 1540: 1485: 1693:Undersea banks of the Atlantic Ocean 1576: 1570: 13: 1537: 1285:or Elbow Cays with or without the 311:Atoll § Distribution and size 14: 1714: 1607: 1613: 1403:NOAA Navigational Chart #11013, 56: 44: 1593: 1557: 1459:NGA Navigational Chart #27087, 717:. 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Carbonate platform
Cay Sal Bank overview map
Cay Sal Bank south of Florida and north of Cuba
The Bahamas
Bahama Banks
Bimini
English
Time zone
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Cay Sal

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Great Bahama Bank
Little Bahama Bank
Bahama Banks
Cuba
Nicholas Channel
Santaren Channel
Great Bahama Bank
Straits of Florida
United States
Florida Keys
Key Largo
Bimini
The Bahamas
24°56′24″N 79°08′45″W / 24.94000°N 79.14583°W / 24.94000; -79.14583 (Orange Cay)

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