The Island - Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos Islands /
Grand Turk /
Cockburn Town /
World
/ Turks and Caicos Islands
/ Grand Turk
/ Cockburn Town
World / Turks and Caicos Islands
island, ruins, cemetery, place with historical importance, nature conservation park / area
In the middle of the Town Salina of Cockburn Town there is an island known simply as "The Island". Here are the ruins of a hospital station built in the early-mid 1800’s. Ships passengers or residents suspected of having a contagious disease (cholera, typhoid fever…) were quarantined here. The many graves, marked and unmarked, that surround the clinic ruins on the crest of a small hill tell us that many did not recover.
Now a popular spot for birdwatching. Please treat the area with reverence as it is a burial ground.
Now a popular spot for birdwatching. Please treat the area with reverence as it is a burial ground.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 21°28'16"N 71°8'26"W
- East Caicos 62 km
- Middle Caicos 91 km
- North Caicos 109 km
- Providencialis 133 km
- Tortuga 245 km
- Great Inagua 266 km
- Gonave 358 km
- Aruba 991 km
- Curaçao 1032 km
- Bonaire (Caribbean Netherlands) 1060 km
- Turks Island/Columbus Passage 20 km
- The Pond 40 km
- Mouchoir Passage 44 km
- Southern Bush Bay 54 km
- Windward Going Through 60 km
- Big Pond 65 km
- The Creek 67 km
- Seal Cays 67 km
- Mouchoir Bank 71 km
- Caicos Bank 85 km