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Prickly Pear Cays

Islands and Archipelagos

The Prickly Pear Cays are a small pair of uninhabited islands about six miles from Road Bay in Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, separated from each other by a narrow boat channel into Prickly Pear East and Prickly Pear West. They are designated wildlands under the Eastern Caribbean Natural Area Management Programme and form one of six marine protected areas in Anguilla. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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1. Prickly Pear Cays (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Prickly Pear Cays, sometimes spelt as Prickley Pear Cays, are a small pair of uninhabited islands about six miles from Road Bay, Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean.
  • Entity description, protection designation
    Eastern Caribbean Natural Area Management Programme and form one of six marine protected areas in Anguilla.
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Wikidata: Prickly Pear Cays
Wikidata Q3911374, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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