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Gumelemi Cay

Coordinates: 26°40′N 77°07′W / 26.667°N 77.117°W / 26.667; -77.117
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Gumelemi Cay
Gumelemi Cay is located in Bahamas
Gumelemi Cay
Gumelemi Cay
The location of Gumelemi Cay within the Bahamas
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates26°40′N 77°07′W / 26.667°N 77.117°W / 26.667; -77.117
TypeCay
ArchipelagoLucayan Archipelago
Administration

Gumelemi Cay is a tiny island directly north of the Baker's Bay tip of Great Guana Cay in The Bahamas. The island is a sea turtle nesting ground. Loggerhead sea turtles, hawksbill sea turtles and green sea turtles nest on the 2-acre (8,100 m2) island.

Baker's Bay Golf & Ocean Club, which owns the island and the 600 acres (2.4 km2) adjacent to it, plans to develop the acreage into six lots, despite opposition from Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society, Caribbean Conservation Corps and the Archie Carr Center.

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