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Description Grand cayman.jpg |
English:
The island of
Grand Cayman
, a British dependency that covers 76 square miles (197 square kilometers) in the northwest Caribbean Sea, is visible in this near-vertical photograph. Geologically similar to The Bahamas, Grand Cayman is a low-lying, limestone island located on top of a submarine ridge. The city of George Town, the capital and chief port of the Cayman Islands, can be seen at the southwest end of the island. Grand Cayman’s 7-mile beach can be seen on the western side of the island.
The image was taken from an altitude of 115 nautical miles (213km); North is up in this image. |
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Date | April 15, 1994 18:38 (UTC?) | ||||||
Source | NASA, Astronaut Photography of Earth: Image STS059-227-42 . | ||||||
Author | NASA | ||||||
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