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Bequia is the gateway to the 32 islands and cays that comprise the Grenadines, so a trip to the island isn't complete with taking to the seas.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
The pair left The Abaco Inn bar on Elbow Cay in their dinghy at dusk on April 4, headed to their anchored sailboat just off the cay's western coast.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Raja Ampat, Indonesia Raja Ampat is an Indonesian archipelago made up of 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals off the northwest tip of New Guinea.
—Jasmine Ting, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
Cayo Falcones is a cay, or small island, off Cuba’s north coast, near Corralillo, a rural town in the Villa Clara province of Cuba.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
The pair left The Abaco Inn bar on Elbow Cay in their dinghy at dusk on April 4, headed to their anchored sailboat just off the cay's western coast.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Raja Ampat, Indonesia Raja Ampat is an Indonesian archipelago made up of 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals off the northwest tip of New Guinea.
—Jasmine Ting, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026
Cayo Falcones is a cay, or small island, off Cuba’s north coast, near Corralillo, a rural town in the Villa Clara province of Cuba.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Cay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cay. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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