Pine Cay
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Pine Cay is an 800 acres (3.2 km²) privately owned island occupied by 36 homeowners and a small exclusive resort The Meridian Club in the Turks and Caicos Islands
.The Meridian Club consists of 13 beachfront hotel rooms, a restaurant, clubhouse and bar. There is also a small spa.
Pine Cay was the site of the first tourist development on the Turks and Caicos. It was planned in the 1950s. The Meridian Club was established in the early 1970s.
Pine Cay is less than a mile wide and two miles (3 km) long, though 9 miles (14.5 km) of trails dot the island. Island transportation is by electric golf cart and bicycle. The main beach is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. There is an airstrip that accommodates small private aircraft.
The island is unusual in that it has 7 freshwater lakes. Some of the lakes are populated with saltwater fish originally deposited there by massive Hurricane Donna
that struck the cay in 1960.
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
.The Meridian Club consists of 13 beachfront hotel rooms, a restaurant, clubhouse and bar. There is also a small spa.
Pine Cay was the site of the first tourist development on the Turks and Caicos. It was planned in the 1950s. The Meridian Club was established in the early 1970s.
Pine Cay is less than a mile wide and two miles (3 km) long, though 9 miles (14.5 km) of trails dot the island. Island transportation is by electric golf cart and bicycle. The main beach is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. There is an airstrip that accommodates small private aircraft.
The island is unusual in that it has 7 freshwater lakes. Some of the lakes are populated with saltwater fish originally deposited there by massive Hurricane Donna
Hurricane Donna
Hurricane Donna in the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season was a Cape Verde-type hurricane which moved across the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispanola, Cuba, The Bahamas, and every state on the East Coast of the United States...
that struck the cay in 1960.