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But the vessel proved herself sturdier than the timid ones had dared to hope, and she was soon running before the blast, going out of her course, it is true, but avoiding the danger among the many cays, or small islands, that dot the Caribbean Sea.

Nothing was done on board, and Falk told me how he had often listened to the water washing about the dark engine-room where the engines, stilled for ever, were decaying slowly into a mass of rust, as the stilled heart de cays within the lifeless body.

Abundance and distribution of hydroids in a mangrove ecosystem at Twin Cays, Belize, Central America.

Dozens of tiny, mangrove-rimmed islands called cays, and patches of coral reef make their homeland an exceptionally productive fishing ground.

When those first ships hove over the horizon, San Salvador, a small cay (pronounced key), was lush with groves of mahogany, lignum vitae, and redcedar.

South of Eleuthera and across the Exuma Sound, is another 130-mile chain of islands and 365 cays called The Exumas.

The 16-acre site sits on the southern tip of Ambergris Cay, one of numerous coral islands near Yucatan and Belize.

Hope Town is located at the northwest corner of Elbow Cay where resorts, vacation rentals, boat rentals and charterboats are all available.

MSC Cruises has revealed a new video rendering offering a detailed look at its new private Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, which is scheduled to open this November.

Some of the islets and rocks that Vietnam keeps in the Spratlys include Amboyna Cay, Collins Reef, Ladd Reef, Namyit Island, Sand Cay, Sin Cowe Island and Southwest Cay.

"This is a great victory for heroic birds that don't know borders, as well as for the people who depend on the shores and waters of the Joulter Cays to make a living," says David Yarnold, Audubon president and chief executive officer.

Grand Cay is the northernmost of Bahamas islands, five miles away from the once famous Walkers Cay.