Cay Sal

Cay Sal
Cayo de Sal
island
Cay Sal is located in Bahamas
Cay Sal
Cay Sal (Bahamas)
View of the island from above
View of the island from above
CountryThe Bahamas
RegionBahama Banks
DistrictBimini
Area
 • Total1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Population
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialEnglish
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)

Cay Sal (Spanish: Cayo de Sal)[1] is a small island in the Cay Sal Bank between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. It is no longer inhabited.

The Bahamas have an agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard to regularly fly over Cay Sal and other islands in the bank to look for people potentially stranded there.[2] [3]

  1. ^ Derrotero de las islas Antillas, de las costas Tierra-Firme, y las del Seno Mejicano, Dirección de Hidrografía, España, Madrid, Imprenta Nacional, 1837. p. 266
  2. ^ "Man rescued from Cay Sal Bank". Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  3. ^ "Coast Guard rescues man stranded on Cay Sal". United States Coast Guard News. Retrieved 2023-08-23.