Editing Turks and Caicos Islands (section)

===Turks Islands===
The Turks Islands are separated from the Caicos Islands by Turks Island Passage, which is more than {{convert|2200|m|ft|abbr=on}} deep.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-100/html/sts100-708-078.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010827081715/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-100/html/sts100-708-078.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2001 |title=STS-100 Shuttle Mission Imagery |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=1 May 2001 |access-date=31 July 2011 }}</ref> The islands form a chain that stretches north–south. The 2012 [[census]] population was 4,939 on the two main islands, the only inhabited islands of the group:
* [[Grand Turk]] (with the capital of the territory, area {{convert|17.39|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},<ref name="depstc.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.depstc.org/stat/economic/ecopdf/envt/TCI%20Physical%20Characteristics.pdf |title=Physical Characteristics |date=25 July 2011 |department=Department of Statistics |publisher=Turks & Caicos Islands Government |access-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200524/http://www.depstc.org/stat/economic/ecopdf/envt/TCI%20Physical%20Characteristics.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> population 4,831)
* [[Salt Cay, Turks Islands|Salt Cay]] (area {{convert|6.74|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}},<ref name="depstc.org"/> population 108)

Together with nearby islands, all on Turks Bank, those two main islands form the two administrative [[Districts of the Turks and Caicos Islands|districts]] of the territory (out of six in total) that fall within the Turks Islands. Turks Bank, which is smaller than Caicos Bank, has a total area of about {{convert|324|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="seaaroundus.org">{{cite journal |last=Rudd |first=Murray A. |year=2003 |title=Fisheries landings and trade of the Turks and Caicos Islands |journal=Fisheries Centre Research Reports |publisher=Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=149–161 |doi=10.14288/1.0074792 |doi-access=free |issn=1198-6727 }}</ref>{{rp|p=149}}

The main uninhabited islands are:
* [[Big Sand Cay]]
* [[Cotton Cay]]
* [[East Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands|East Cay]]
* [[Endymion Rock]]
* [[Gibbs Cay]]
* [[Pear Cay]]