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The Cayman Islands, currently a British Commonwealth, were first discovered by Christopher Columbus on May 16, 1503. He gave it the name "Tortuga" - meaning "Turtle" in Spanish. The name didn't stick though, and the island came to be known as Grand Cayman when it was first settled by the British in the early nineteenth century. The Islands affairs were handled from Jamaica, also a British colony at the time, from 1863 to their independence in 1962. After Jamaica (also the closest island to the Caymans) declared it's independence, Grand Cayman really hit it big as a tourist spot, and became known for its banking facilities in the 1970's. These industries have continued to thrive to the present, with the Cayman Islands drawing a good chunk of its revenue from US and Canadian tourism, and nearly the rest from its banking centers, which now rival even Switzerland. Comprising just under 100 square miles between Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, the three islands that make up the Caymans, there is a suprising amount of variety to the land and its people. The diving in Cayman is often considered among the best in the world, and almost any activity you can imagine can be found here. From parasailing to caving, rock climbing to beach volleyball and anything in between - there's no lack of venues to keep you entertained. Sourced with thanks from Cayman Diver GRAND CAYMAN LINKS: Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman ... Grand Cayman Wikipedia Grand Cayman Vacation Information Grand Cayman Islands Vacations & Travel Guide: Hotels, Resorts ... Grand Cayman Cruise Excursions, Shore Trips Guide for Grand Cayman ... Grand Cayman Islands directory on restaurants, cayman island...




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  • Divers Down
    Located in Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
    Divers Down At Divers Down Grand Cayman we take only small groups (maximum 8 divers) on our Boat dives even though our largest boat (Pegasus) will accommodate 16 divers. Our service is well known for friendliness and the personal touch. You never feel lost in a c...
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  • Ristorante Pappagallo
    Located in Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
    On crossing the wooden bridge that leads to Ristorante Pappagallo, you will see swimming beneath you are sleek silvery tarpon, always on the look out for scraps from the kitchen. You are thus, thrown into a world of the exotic, even before reaching the fr...
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Grand Cayman Attractions

Morass - Area (2km / 1mi)The Mountain - Locality (2km / 1mi)The Channel - Marine Channel (2km / 1mi)
Further Ground - Locality (2km / 1mi)Old Crawl - BAY (2km / 1mi)Grape Tree Point - Point (3km / 2mi)
Malportas Pond - Lake (3km / 2mi)Grand Cayman - Island (3km / 2mi)Dowry Pond - Pond (3km / 2mi)
Bowse Land - Peninsula (4km / 2mi)Long Point - Point (4km / 2mi)Old Man Bay - BAY (4km / 2mi)
Meagre Bay Pond - Lake (4km / 3mi)Breaker Point - Point (4km / 3mi)Betty Bay Pond - Lake (4km / 3mi)
Frank Sound - Locality (5km / 3mi)Little Spot Point - Point (6km / 3mi)North Sound - BAY (6km / 3mi)
Ireland Bluff - Cliff(s) (6km / 4mi)Pease Bay - BAY (6km / 4mi)Moon Bay - BAY (6km / 4mi)
Betty Bay Point - Point (6km / 4mi)Joe Conyer - BAY (6km / 4mi)Bowse Bluff - Cliff(s) (6km / 4mi)
Frank Sound - Sound (7km / 4mi)Little Sound - BAY (7km / 4mi)Water Point - Point (7km / 4mi)
Water Cay - Point (7km / 4mi)Rum Point - Point (7km / 4mi)Little Bluff - Cliff(s) (7km / 4mi)
Old Robin Point - Point (7km / 4mi)Cottage Point - Point (8km / 5mi)Clarinda Beach - Beach (8km / 5mi)
Bodden Bay - BAY (8km / 5mi)Booby Point - Point (9km / 5mi)Booby Cay - Island (9km / 5mi)
Kitty Clover Land - Area (9km / 6mi)Anchors Point - Point (9km / 6mi)Anchor Point - Point (9km / 6mi)
Bluff Bay - BAY (9km / 6mi)Little Bluff Bay - BAY (9km / 6mi)Great Beach - Area (9km / 6mi)
Long Bridge - Area (9km / 6mi)Beach Bay - BAY (9km / 6mi)Rum Point Channel - Channel (9km / 6mi)
Duck Pond Cay - Island (9km / 6mi)Duck Pond Bight - BAY (9km / 6mi)Ironshore Point - Point (9km / 6mi)
Great Pedro Point - Point (10km / 6mi)High Rock Point - Point (10km / 6mi)High Rock - Locality (10km / 6mi)
White Sand Bay - BAY (10km / 6mi)Ally Land - Locality (10km / 7mi)Great Bluff - Cliff(s) (11km / 7mi)
Head of Reef - Reef (11km / 7mi)Bill Eden Point - Point (11km / 7mi)Old Jones Bay - BAY (11km / 7mi)
Corkers Reef - Reef (12km / 7mi)Matilda Ponds - Lakes (12km / 7mi)Grand Sound - Lagoon (12km / 8mi)
North Sound - Lagoon (12km / 8mi)North East Point - Point (12km / 8mi)Spotter Bay - BAY (12km / 8mi)
Fisherman's Rock - Rock (13km / 8mi)Fisherman Rock - Rock (13km / 8mi)East Point - Point (13km / 8mi)
Gun Bluff - Point (13km / 8mi)Gorling Bluff - Cliff(s) (13km / 8mi)Bats Cave Beach - Beach (13km / 8mi)
Little Pedro Point - Point (13km / 8mi)High Bluff - Cliff(s) (13km / 8mi)Spots Bay - BAY (13km / 8mi)
Spotts Bay - BAY (13km / 8mi)Milords Bay - BAY (13km / 8mi)South Channel - Channel (13km / 8mi)
Lower Bay - BAY (13km / 8mi)Colliers Pond - Lake (14km / 9mi)East Point - Point (14km / 9mi)
Colliers Cay - Rock (14km / 9mi)Colliers Point - Point (14km / 9mi)Colliers - Locality (14km / 9mi)
Colliers - Area (14km / 9mi)Colliers Bay - BAY (14km / 9mi)Rogers Wreck Point - Point (14km / 9mi)
Long Coconut Tree Point - Point (14km / 9mi)Colliers Channel - Channel (14km / 9mi)Roger Wreck Point - Point (14km / 9mi)
Long Coconut Point - Point (14km / 9mi)Sand Bluff - Cliff(s) (14km / 9mi)Prospect Beach - Beach (14km / 9mi)
Spot Bay - BAY (14km / 9mi)John Bodden Bay - BAY (14km / 9mi)East Channel - Channel (14km / 9mi)
Gun Bluff - Cliff(s) (14km / 9mi)Sparrowhawk Point - Point (14km / 9mi)East End Channel - Channel (14km / 9mi)
Main Channel - Channel (15km / 9mi)Vidal Cay - Island (15km / 9mi)Flat Rocks - Rocks (15km / 9mi)
Red Bay - Cove(s) (15km / 9mi)Crawl Bay - BAY (15km / 9mi)Welch Point - Point (16km / 10mi)
Prospect Point - Point (16km / 10mi)Morgans Harbour - Harbour (16km / 10mi)Big Channel - Marine Channel (17km / 10mi)
Sanders Rock - Rock (17km / 10mi)Barkers - Peninsula (17km / 10mi)Palmetto Point - Point (17km / 10mi)
Head of Barkers - Point (17km / 10mi)Governors Creek - Stream (18km / 11mi)Salt Creek - Inlet (18km / 11mi)
Seven Mile Beach - Beach (18km / 11mi)Jacksons Pond - Lake (18km / 11mi)Little Salt Creek - Inlet (18km / 11mi)
Miss Eden Bay - Cove(s) (18km / 11mi)Hog Sty Bay - BAY (18km / 11mi)South West Sound - BAY (18km / 11mi)
South Sound - BAY (18km / 11mi)Vulgunners Pond - Lake (18km / 11mi)Sea Pond - Lake (19km / 12mi)
Conch Point - Point (19km / 12mi)Double Head - Point (19km / 12mi)Pull-and-be-Damned Point - Point (19km / 12mi)
South West Point - Point (19km / 12mi)Coconut Walk Bay - BAY (19km / 12mi)West Bay - BAY (19km / 12mi)
Low Point - Point (19km / 12mi)Timms Point - Point (20km / 12mi)Long Point - Point (20km / 12mi)
Dolphin Point - Point (20km / 12mi)Eden Rocks - Rocks (20km / 12mi)Jackson Point - Point (20km / 12mi)
Spanish Bay - BAY (21km / 13mi)West Bay Anchorage - Anchorage (21km / 13mi)North West Point - Point (21km / 13mi)
Sand Cay - Island (21km / 13mi)Hastings Rock - Rock (21km / 13mi)Boatswain Point - Point (22km / 13mi)
Boatswain Bay - BAY (22km / 13mi)Cayman Seamount - Reef (37km / 23mi)Cayman Bank - Reef (37km / 23mi)
Cayman Islands - Islands (61km / 38mi)The Caymans - Islands (61km / 38mi)Guacanayabo Trough - Trough (66km / 41mi)
Cumbre de Cayman - Ridge (77km / 48mi)Cayman Ridge - Ridge (77km / 48mi) 


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Hutland (2km / 1mi)Driftwood Village (3km / 2mi)Brinkleys (3km / 2mi)
North Side Village (3km / 2mi)North Side (3km / 2mi)Midland Acres (4km / 2mi)
Old Man Bay (4km / 2mi)Old Man Village (4km / 2mi)Breakers (4km / 3mi)
Belford Estates (6km / 4mi)Pease Bay (6km / 4mi)Bodden (7km / 4mi)
Bodden Town (7km / 4mi)Half Moon Bay (8km / 5mi)North Ward (8km / 5mi)
Pedro (8km / 5mi)Lower Valley (9km / 6mi)Cayman Palms (9km / 6mi)
North Sound Estates (9km / 6mi)Newland (10km / 6mi)Newlands (10km / 6mi)
Savannah Acres (10km / 6mi)High Rock Estates (10km / 6mi)East End (11km / 7mi)
Old Isaacs (11km / 7mi)Saint James (11km / 7mi)Savannah (11km / 7mi)
Gun Bay Village (12km / 8mi)Gun Bay (12km / 8mi)Omega Gardens (13km / 8mi)
Blakes (13km / 8mi)Spotts (13km / 8mi)Prospect Park (13km / 8mi)
Sand Bluff (14km / 9mi)Red Bay Estate (15km / 9mi)Red Bay (15km / 9mi)
Tropical Gardens (15km / 9mi)Prospect (16km / 10mi)Breezy Castle (16km / 10mi)
Rock Hole (16km / 10mi)Whitehall Estate (16km / 10mi)Half Way Pond (17km / 10mi)
Upper Land (18km / 11mi)Dog City (18km / 11mi)George Town (18km / 11mi)
Botabano (18km / 11mi)Birch Tree Hill (20km / 12mi)Dusty Place (20km / 12mi)
Battle Ground (20km / 12mi)Water Ground (20km / 12mi)The Common (20km / 12mi)
Mount Pleasant (20km / 12mi)Old Stores (21km / 13mi)Lambert House (21km / 13mi)
Coral Gables (21km / 13mi)West Bay (21km / 13mi)West End (21km / 13mi)
Vicksville (21km / 13mi)Hell (22km / 13mi)Town Hall Crescent (22km / 13mi)