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The Cayman Islands are a British dependency and island nation consisting of a three-island archipelago in the Caribbean Sea: Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. The Cayman Islands are 240 km south of Cuba and 268 km northwest of Jamaica, and are between Cuba and Central America. Its geographic coordinates are 19°30 north, 80°30 west. The Cayman Islands have a land area of 259 km² (101 sq mi), about 1.5 times the size of Washington, D.C. and 3 km² larger than Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Caymans have a coastline of 160 km (99 km). The Cayman Islands make a maritime claim of a 200-nautical-mile (370 km) exclusive fishing zone and a territorial sea of 12 nmi (22 km).