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The Cayman Islands are located in the western Caribbean Sea.

They are the peaks of a massive underwater ridge, known as the Cayman Trench, standing 8,000 feet (2,400m) from the sea floor and barely breaking the surface. The islands lie in the centre of the Caribbean south of Cuba and West of Jamaica. They are situated about 400 miles (650 km) south of Miami, 180 miles (300 km) south of Cuba, and 195 miles (315 km) northwest of Jamaica. Grand Cayman is by far the biggest, with an area of 76 square miles (197 km). The two 'Sister Islands' of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman are located about 80 miles (130 km) east of Grand Cayman and have areas of 14 square miles (36 km) and 10 square miles (25.9 km) respectively.

All three islands are formed from submerged peaks of the western extensions of the Cuban Sierra Maestra range. Over this, coral reefs have added enough layers over the ages to bring the land mass above sea level. All three islands are mostly flat. One notable exception to this is The Bluff on Cayman Brac's eastern end, which rises to 140 feet (42.6 m) above sea level, the highest point on the island.

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