Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands and contains the territory’s capital, Cockburn Town. The name comes from a species of cactus on the island, the Turk’s Cap Cactus (Melocactus intortus), which has a distinctive cap, reminiscent of an Ottoman fez.
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