NASA Visible Color Landsat image of Port Royal Cays, with islets and shoals |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Caribbean |
| Archipelago | Port Royal Cays |
| Total islands | 8 |
| Major islands | Lime Cay |
| Area | 0.03 km2 (0.012 sq mi) |
| Country | |
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Jamaica
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| Parish | Kingston |
| Neighborhood | Port Royal |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
The Port Royal Cays is a small group of uninhabited islands or cays off Port Royal, Jamaica, located at and arranged in the shape of an atoll with a diameter between 4 and 5 km, and a total area of 12 km². The land area is about 0.03 km². There are eight named cays, including South Cay Rock which is sometimes subsumed with South Cay.
Gun Cay, the northernmost, is only 400 meters from the Jamaican mainland.
The main cay is Lime Cay, on the northeastern rim. It measures 380 meters northwest-southeast, and is up to 80 meters wide, measuring 2 ha in area. About half of the area is wooded, the rest is sand and coral. On the western beach is a wooden hut.
The individual cays, clockwise starting in the north: