Grand Turk
Grand Turk is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory, tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Also known as: “Grand Turk Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Turk International Airport and Turks and Caicos National Museum.
Grand Turk International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rickyrab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
JAGS McCartney International Airport, also known as Grand Turk International Airport, is an airport located 1 mile south of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
Turks and Caicos National Museum
Museum
Photo: TampAGS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Turks and Caicos National Museum is the national museum of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is located in Guinep House on Front Street to the north of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island, which is also the capital of the archipelago.
Grand Turk Parade Ground
Pitch
The Grand Turk Parade Ground is a multi-use stadium in Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. It is currently used for athletics, cricket, rugby union, and football competitions.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cockburn Town.
Cockburn Town
Town
Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grand Turk is one of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the site of the capital, Cockburn Town.
Grand Turk
- Categories: district of the Turks and Caicos Islands and landform
- Location: Turks and Caicos Islands, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Grand Turk from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Grand Turk” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة غراند تورك”
- Basque: “Turk Handia”
- Bengali: “গ্র্যান্ড তুর্ক আইল্যান্ড”
- Catalan: “Gran Turk”
- Cebuano: “Grand Turk”
- Chinese: “大特克岛”
- Chinese: “大特克島”
- Danish: “Grand Turk Island”
- Dutch: “Grand Turk Island”
- Dutch: “Grand Turk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره جراند تورك”
- Esperanto: “Granda Turko”
- Finnish: “Grand Turk”
- French: “Grand Turk”
- French: “Grand Turque”
- Galician: “Gran Turca”
- German: “Grand Turk Island”
- German: “Grand Turk”
- German: “TC-GT”
- Greek: “Νησί Γκραντ Τουρκ”
- Gujarati: “ગ્રાન્ડ તુર્ક આઇલેન્ડ”
- Hebrew: “גרנד טרק”
- Hindi: “ग्रैंड तुर्क द्वीप”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Grand Turk”
- Italian: “Grand Turk”
- Japanese: “グランドターク島”
- Kannada: “ಗ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಟರ್ಕ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
- Korean: “그랜드 터크”
- Korean: “그랜드터크섬”
- Latvian: “Grandtērkas sala”
- Lithuanian: “Grand Terkas”
- Macedonian: “Гранд Турк”
- Malay: “Pulau Grand Turk”
- Marathi: “ग्रँड तुर्क आयलँड”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grand Turk øy”
- Polish: “Grand Turk Island”
- Polish: “Grand Turk”
- Polish: “Wielki Turk”
- Portuguese: “Cockburn town”
- Portuguese: “Grand Turk”
- Portuguese: “Grande Turca”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Grand Turk”
- Russian: “Гранд-Терк”
- Russian: “Гранд-Тёрк”
- Sinhala: “ග්රෑන්ඩ් ටර්ක් දුපත”
- Sinhala: “ග්රෑන්ඩ් ටර්ක්, ටර්ක්ස් සහ කයිකෝස් දූපත්”
- Slovenian: “Grand Turk”
- Slovenian: “TC-GT”
- Spanish: “Grand Turk”
- Spanish: “Isla del Gran Turco”
- Spanish: “Isla Gran Turca”
- Swedish: “Grand Turk”
- Tamil: “கிராண்ட் துர்க் ஐஸ்லாந்து”
- Telugu: “గ్రాండ్ టర్క్ దీవి”
- Thai: “แกรน เติร์ค ไอซ์แลนด์”
- Turkish: “Grand Turk”
- Ukrainian: “Гранд-Турк-Айленд”
- Urdu: “گرینڈ تورک آئی لینڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Grand Turk”
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