South Caicos

South Caicos is a small island in the . It is known for scuba diving and fishing. It is less developed than some other islands, good for relaxing away from hectic tourism but less than ideal if you are looking for excitement and nightlife.
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  • Coastline
  • …has 1,140 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code XSC
  • …is also known as “Caïque du Sud”
  • Description: seventh largest island in the Turks and Caicos islands archipelago

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Caicos Airport and Marjorie Basden High School.

Aerodrome
Norman B. Saunders Sr. International Airport…

School
is a secondary school in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cockburn Harbour.

Town
Photo: Dirk2112, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Caicos is a small island in the .

South Caicos

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Latitude
21.5301° or 21° 31′ 48″ north
Longitude
-71.5192° or 71° 31′ 9″ west
UN/LOCODE
TC XSC
Open location code
77HCGFJJ+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25955493
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Geo­Names ID
3576931
Wiki­data ID
Q1814473

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“South Caicos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنوب كايكوس”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিন কায়কোস”
  • Cebuano: “South Caicos Island”
  • Chinese: “南凯科斯岛”
  • Chinese: “南凱科斯島”
  • Danish: “South Caicos”
  • Dutch: “South Caicos”
  • Esperanto: “Sud-Kaiko”
  • Finnish: “South Caicos”
  • French: “South Caicos”
  • Galician: “Caicos do Sur”
  • German: “South Caicos”
  • German: “TC-SC”
  • Greek: “Νότιο Καΐκος”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ કેઇકોસ”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कैकोस”
  • Indonesian: “South Caicos”
  • Italian: “South Caicos”
  • Japanese: “サウス・カイコス”
  • Japanese: “サウス・カイコス島”
  • Japanese: “南カイコス”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕೈಕೋಸ್”
  • Korean: “사우스 케이커스”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu Kaikosa”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Kaikosas”
  • Malay: “South Caicos”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण केकोस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør Caicos”
  • Polish: “South Caicos”
  • Portuguese: “Caicos Sul”
  • Russian: “Саут-Кайкос”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු කයිකෝස්”
  • Sinhala: “සවුත් කයිකෝස්, ටර්ක්ස් සහ කයිකෝස් දූපත්”
  • Spanish: “Caicos del Sur”
  • Spanish: “South Caicos”
  • Swedish: “Södra Caicos”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு காய்கோஸ்”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ కాయికోస్”
  • Thai: “เซาท์ ไซคอส”
  • Turkish: “Güney Caicos”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний Кайкос”
  • Urdu: “ساؤتھ کایکوس”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Caicos”

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