Important Bird Areas in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories - Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands comprise three low-lying islands:
Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. These
emergent limestone bluffs are situated along the
submerged Cayman Ridge, which is continuous with the
Sierra Maestra mountains of south-eastern Cuba. The
Cayman Islands are located between latitudes 19˚20'N and
19˚43'N and longitudes 79˚50'W and 81˚21'W, and are
situated in the western extreme of the Caribbean,
approximately 155 miles (250 km) south of Cuba, a similar
distance east of Jamaica. Grand Cayman is situated some
81 miles (130 km) south-west of Little Cayman and
Cayman Brac, which are in turn separated from each other
by a narrow channel, 4 miles (7 km) wide. The Cayman
Islands are composed entirely of calcareous marine
deposits and were formed by uplifting and block faulting
of the ocean floor around 10 million years ago.