Middle Caicos
Middle Caicos is the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, it is separated from North Caicos by Juniper Hole, and to the east, from East Caicos by Lorimer Creek, both narrow passages that can accommodate only small boats.- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Grand Caicos”, “Grand Caicos Island”, “Grande Caïque”, and “Средний Кайкос”
Middle Caicos
- Categories: district of the Turks and Caicos Islands and landform
- Location: Turks and Caicos Islands, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
21.7976° or 21° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
-71.7279° or 71° 43′ 40″ west
Population
505
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
IATA airport code
MDS
UN/LOCODE
TC MDS
Open location code
77HCQ7XC+2V
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Middle Caicos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كايكوس الوسطى”
- Bengali: “মধ্য কায়কোস”
- Cebuano: “Middle Caicos”
- Chinese: “中凱科斯”
- Chinese: “中凱科斯島”
- Chinese: “大凯科斯岛”
- Chinese: “大凱科斯島”
- Danish: “Middle Caicos”
- Dutch: “Middle Caicos”
- Finnish: “Middle Caicos”
- French: “Middle Caicos”
- Galician: “Caicos Central”
- German: “Middle Caicos”
- Greek: “Μίντλ Καΐος”
- Gujarati: “મિડલ કૈકોસ”
- Hindi: “मध्य काइकोस”
- Indonesian: “Middle Caicos”
- Italian: “Middle Caicos”
- Japanese: “ミドル・カイコス島”
- Kannada: “ಮಧ್ಯದ ಕೈಕೋಸ್”
- Korean: “미들 카이코스”
- Korean: “미들 케이커스”
- Latvian: “Vidus Kaikosa”
- Lithuanian: “Vidurinysis Kaikosas”
- Malay: “Middle Caicos”
- Marathi: “मिडल केकोस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Midt Caicos”
- Polish: “Middle Caicos”
- Portuguese: “Midt Caicos”
- Russian: “Мидл-Кайкос”
- Sinhala: “මධ්යම කයිකොස්”
- Sinhala: “මිඩ්ල් කයිකෝස්, ටර්ක්ස් සහ කයිකෝස් දූපත්”
- Spanish: “Caicos Central”
- Swedish: “Midt Caicos”
- Tamil: “மிடில் காய்கோஸ்”
- Telugu: “మిడిల్ కైకోస్”
- Thai: “มิดเดิล ไครอส”
- Turkish: “Orta Caicos”
- Ukrainian: “Мідль-Кайкос”
- Urdu: “مڈل کایکوس”
- Vietnamese: “Middle Caicos”
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Places to explore: Bambarra and Lorimers.
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