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Features of Natural Interest

The Turks and Caicos Islands are limestone, and have many caves and sinkholes, created as rainwater percolated through the limestone and dissolved the rock. The freshwater lenses held by these caves historically provided the only source of fresh water on the islands.

North Wells, Grand Turk, is one of the historic freshwater wells. © Dr Mike Pienkowski (Features of Natural Interest, 8 of 17 - Slide ref. 358)