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![]() ![]() Paid a $100 prize! This quiz first posted on (01/11/10) ![]() ![]() Less than 5 miles long and about a mile wide, it was originally named for an odd substance that washed up along the beach. ("Greater or "Big Ambergris Cay" was named after the deposits of ambergris, a waxy secretion from the migrating humpback whales that washes ashore) ![]() ![]() A wildlife paradise, it's been purchased a few times over recent years and today is used as a pricey yacht harbor and vacation mecca. (The overall Ambergris area is full of sea life, including conch and spiny lobster. Green and Hawksbill sea turtles populate the waters and North Atlantic Humpback Whales migrate through the cays on their way south) ![]() ![]() Big Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos ![]() The first correct answer received was submitted by: ![]() Anita Brouchard, Memphis, Tennessee, USA ![]() |
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