class="apple-converted-space"> about 90 miles (145 km) northeast
of
Grand Cayman
and 5 miles (8 km) east of
Little Cayman. It is about 12 miles
(19 km) long, with an average width of 1 mile (2 km). Its terrain is
the most prominent of the three
Cayman
Islands
due to "The
Bluff", a large central limestone
outcrop
that rises steadily along the length of the island up to 140 feet (43 metres)
above sea level at the eastern end. The island is named after this prominent
feature, as "brac" is a
Gaelic
name for a bluff.
The Teignmouth
Electron, the boat in which Donald
Crow hurst attempted to sail round
the world single-handed in the Sunday
Times Golden Globe Race, has been left to decay on the south coast of Cayman
Brac
