Ambergris Cay
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| Ambergris Cay | |
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| Area: | 1,100 acres |
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Ambergris Cay is an island within the Caicos Islands. It was named for valuable deposits of ambergris, a waxy substance that migrating humpback whales secrete, found on the 8 miles of shoreline.
The island is approximately four miles long, one mile wide, and 1,100 acres in total area. The cay was uninhabited until 1997, but has a small population today.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Loyalists settled on Ambergris Cay, raised cows, made pottery, and built houses, stables, and cisterns (ruins still exist of each of these).
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