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.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Also known as: “Cockburn town”, “Grand Turk Island”, “Ilha Grand Turk”, “Isla del Gran Turco”, “TC-GT”, and “Wielki Turk”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Grand Turk International Airport and Turks and Caicos National Museum.
Turks and Caicos National Museum
Museum
The Turks and Caicos National Museum is the national museum of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cockburn Town.
Cockburn Town
Town
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, transport infrastructure, and landform
- Location: Turks and Caicos Islands, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.4686° or 21° 28′ 7″ north
Longitude
-71.1392° or 71° 8′ 21″ west
Population
7,800
IATA airport code
GDT
UN/LOCODE
TC GDT
Open location code
77HCFV96+F8
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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”
- 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”
- 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”
- Portuguese: “Grand Turk”
- Portuguese: “Grande Turca”
- Russian: “Гранд-Терк”
- Russian: “Гранд-Тёрк”
- Sinhala: “ග්රෑන්ඩ් ටර්ක් දුපත”
- Sinhala: “ග්රෑන්ඩ් ටර්ක්, ටර්ක්ස් සහ කයිකෝස් දූපත්”
- Slovenian: “Grand Turk”
- 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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Balfour Town and Cockburn Harbour.
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