Cotton Cay is an uninhabited island located in the
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and no ...
, about northeast of
Salt Cay.
The island is oblong in shape, generally of low elevation, and has a low density coastal vegetation. It covers an area of about . Plantation ruins and field walls can be seen on the western half of the island, indicating that cotton and sisal were once raised here. ''
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
''Echinocactus horizonthalonius'' is a species of cactus known by several common names, including devilshead, turk's head cactus, blue barrel cactus, eagle's claw,Baker, M. (2007)A multivariate study of morphological characters for ''Echinocactus ...
'' (Turk's Head cactuses), which are uncommon on the main islands in the country, are well-established on Cotton Cay.
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