page_title: Providenciales
section_title: Ecology
hierarchical_section_title: Providenciales / Ecology
caption_attribution_description: Chalk Sound has some of the most uniform turquoise water I have ever seen. Taken February, 2011 in Chalk Sound, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at f/11, ISO200, no flash.
context_page_description: Providenciales is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The island has an area of 98 km² and a 2012 Census population of 23,769. Providenciales is the largest island in population, the third largest in area, and is home to a large majority of the population of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Providenciales was ranked the best beach destination in the world by TripAdvisor in 2011.
context_section_description: The western half of Providenciales is mostly barren wilderness, home to the island's best natural attraction, Chalk Sound National Park. The park is a 3 miles (4.8 km) long bay southwest of Downtown. The colour of the water is a uniform turquoise and studded with countless mushroom-like tiny islets. Also on the western part of the island is Northwest Point Marine National Park, which extends to nearby reefs and several saline lakes that attract breeding and migrant waterfowl.
caption: Chalk Sound
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