List of islands of Jamaica

List of islands of the island nation of Jamaica
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This is a list of islands of Jamaica. There are about 49 islands in the island nation of Jamaica. All islands are in the Caribbean Sea. The island of Jamaica has an area of 10,990 km2 (4,240 sq mi) and is the third largest island in the Caribbean, after Cuba and Hispaniola.[1][2]

Islands

The islands of the country of Jamaica include:[1][3]

  • Bajo Nuevo Bank (uninhabited), 18°00′00″N 78°05′00″W / 18°N 78.08333°W / 18; -78.08333 (Bajo Nuevo Bank)
  • Bare Bush Cay, 17°45′21″N 77°01′54″W / 17.7559°N 77.03179°W / 17.7559; -77.03179 (Bare Bush Cay)
  • Big Half-Moon Cay, 17°44′09″N 77°05′12″W / 17.73579°N 77.08657°W / 17.73579; -77.08657 (Big Half-Moon Cay)
  • Big Pelican Island, 17°48′02″N 77°00′56″W / 17.80059°N 77.01548°W / 17.80059; -77.01548 (Big Pelican Island)
  • Big Portland Cay, 17°42′38″N 77°06′34″W / 17.71062°N 77.10957°W / 17.71062; -77.10957 (Big Portland Cay)
  • Blake Cay
  • Blower Rock, 17°02′00″N 77°31′00″W / 17.03333°N 77.51667°W / 17.03333; -77.51667 (Blower Rock)
  • Bogue Islands (Bog Islands), 18°27′09″N 77°56′50″W / 18.45258°N 77.94733°W / 18.45258; -77.94733 (Bogue Islands)
  • Bolt Cay
  • Booby Cay, 18°20′17″N 78°20′52″W / 18.33806°N 78.34772°W / 18.33806; -78.34772 (Booby Cay)
    • Booby Cay - Negril
    • Booby Cay - Pedro Cays
    • Booby Cay - Pedro Cays
    • Booby Cay - Morant Cays[4]
  • Bush Cay, 18°29′25″N 77°38′29″W / 18.49024°N 77.64148°W / 18.49024; -77.64148 (Bush Cay)
  • Bushy Cay
  • Cabarita Island, 18°22′27″N 76°53′04″W / 18.37409°N 76.88431°W / 18.37409; -76.88431 (Cabarita Island)
  • Careening Cay, 17°52′54″N 77°05′03″W / 17.88163°N 77.08429°W / 17.88163; -77.08429 (Careening Island)
  • Christmas Island
  • Dolphin Island, 17°47′33″N 77°09′56″W / 17.79254°N 77.16566°W / 17.79254; -77.16566 (Dolphin Island)
  • Drunken Man's Cay
  • East Crall
  • Emerald Island, 17°52′04″N 76°18′42″W / 17.86778°N 76.31161°W / 17.86778; -76.31161 (Emerald Island)[4]
  • Fort Island, 17°52′00″N 76°20′00″W / 17.86667°N 76.33333°W / 17.86667; -76.33333 (Fort Island)
  • Gordon Cay
  • Great Goat Island, 17°52′13″N 77°03′03″W / 17.87023°N 77.05095°W / 17.87023; -77.05095 (Great Goat Island)[4]
  • Green Cay
  • Green Island, 18°24′00″N 78°17′00″W / 18.4°N 78.28333°W / 18.4; -78.28333 (Green Island)
  • Gun Cay, 17°55′49″N 76°50′08″W / 17.93018°N 76.83556°W / 17.93018; -76.83556 (Gun Cay)[4]
  • Hogsty Cay, 17°52′00″N 76°18′00″W / 17.86667°N 76.3°W / 17.86667; -76.3 (Hogsty Cay)
  • Jamaica, 18°10′38″N 77°22′16″W / 18.17717°N 77.37122°W / 18.17717; -77.37122 (Island of Jamaica)
  • Lilyroot Cay, 17°52′00″N 76°19′00″W / 17.86667°N 76.31667°W / 17.86667; -76.31667 (Lilyroot Cay)
  • Lime Cay, 17°55′06″N 76°49′11″W / 17.91842°N 76.81964°W / 17.91842; -76.81964 (Lime Cay)[4]
  • Little Goat Island, 17°53′07″N 77°04′02″W / 17.88541°N 77.06726°W / 17.88541; -77.06726 (Little Goat Island)
  • Little Half-Moon Cay, 17°44′24″N 77°04′44″W / 17.74008°N 77.07883°W / 17.74008; -77.07883 (Little Half Moon Cay)
  • Little Pelican Island, 17°48′21″N 77°01′12″W / 17.8057°N 77.02003°W / 17.8057; -77.02003 (Little Pelican Island)
  • Little Portland Cay
  • Long Island, 17°50′51″N 77°08′52″W / 17.84742°N 77.14788°W / 17.84742; -77.14788 (Long Island)
  • Maiden Cay, 17°54′32″N 76°48′38″W / 17.90885°N 76.81043°W / 17.90885; -76.81043 (Maiden Cay)
  • Man O' War Cays
  • Mango Cay, 17°52′00″N 76°20′00″W / 17.86667°N 76.33333°W / 17.86667; -76.33333 (Mango Cay)
  • Mid Crall
  • Middle Cay, 17°01′00″N 77°47′00″W / 17.01667°N 77.78333°W / 17.01667; -77.78333 (Middle Cay)
  • Morant Cays, 17°24′00″N 75°59′00″W / 17.4°N 75.98333°W / 17.4; -75.98333 (Morant Cays)[4]
  • Morant Bank[4]
  • Navy Island, 18°11′13″N 76°27′10″W / 18.18695°N 76.45272°W / 18.18695; -76.45272 (Navy Island)[4]
  • Needles
  • Northeast Cay - Morant Cays, 17°25′00″N 75°59′00″W / 17.41667°N 75.98333°W / 17.41667; -75.98333 (Northeast Cay)[4]
  • Northeast Cay - Pedro Cays, 17°03′00″N 77°46′00″W / 17.05°N 77.76667°W / 17.05; -77.76667 (Northeast Cay)
  • One Tree Island
  • Pedro Bank, 17°00′00″N 77°50′00″W / 17°N 77.83333°W / 17; -77.83333 (Pedro Cays)[4]
  • Pelican Cay
  • Pellen Island (Pellew Island or Monkey Island), 18°10′30″N 76°23′26″W / 18.17505°N 76.39042°W / 18.17505; -76.39042 (Pellen Island)
  • Pigeon Island, 17°47′48″N 77°04′29″W / 17.79667°N 77.07478°W / 17.79667; -77.07478 (Pigeon Island)[4]
  • Portland Rock, 17°06′N 77°27′W / 17.1°N 77.45°W / 17.1; -77.45 (Portland Rock)
  • Rackhams Cay, 17°55′32″N 76°50′19″W / 17.9255°N 76.83848°W / 17.9255; -76.83848 (Rackhams Cay)
  • Refuge Cay, 17°56′46″N 76°49′17″W / 17.94598°N 76.82146°W / 17.94598; -76.82146 (Refuge Cay)
  • Rocky Cay
  • Salt Island, 17°49′49″N 77°08′17″W / 17.83029°N 77.13793°W / 17.83029; -77.13793 (Salt Island)
  • Sandbank Cay
  • Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Offshore Island (Sandals Cay), 18°30′01″N 77°55′23″W / 18.5002°N 77.923°W / 18.5002; -77.923 (Sandals Royal Caribbean Resort & Offshore Island)
  • Santamaria Island, 18°24′35″N 76°56′50″W / 18.40982°N 76.94734°W / 18.40982; -76.94734 (Santamaria Island)[4]
  • Sapphire Island
  • Short Island
  • South Cay, 17°53′12″N 76°50′09″W / 17.88653°N 76.83578°W / 17.88653; -76.83578 (South Cay), 16°57′00″N 77°50′00″W / 16.95°N 77.83333°W / 16.95; -77.83333 (South Cay)
  • Southeast Cay - Port Royal Cays (uninhabited), 17°53′50″N 76°48′03″W / 17.89728°N 76.8008°W / 17.89728; -76.8008 (Southeast Cay)[4]
  • Southeast Cay - Morant Cays[4]
  • Southwest Cay - Pedro Cays
  • Southwest Rock
  • Tern Cay, 17°49′47″N 76°59′26″W / 17.82978°N 76.99062°W / 17.82978; -76.99062 (Tern Cay)
  • West Crall
  • Woods Island, 18°11′19″N 76°26′21″W / 18.18863°N 76.4393°W / 18.18863; -76.4393 (Woods Island)

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Islands of Jamaica.

References

  1. ^ a b "Islands of Jamaica". GeoNames. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "CIA World Factbook (Jamaica)". United States Government. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  3. ^ Islands with coordinates are in the GeoNames database. Additional references are included that mention specific islands.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "United Islands of Jamaica, Ones you probably never heard of". Jamaica Loop News. April 28, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
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