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The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean Sea. They are situated approximately 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Jamaica. Geologically, the islands serve as the outcroppings of a submarine mountain range that extends northeastward from Belize to Cuba.12