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2 unusual facts about Grand Turk Island


The Paradise Virus

The Paradise Virus is a 2003 thriller film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith shot on Grand Turk Island.

Trevor Ariza

Ariza is of Dominican and Turks & Caicos Islands descent through his grandfather Osvaldo Ariza, a native of Puerto Plata, and his mother Lolita, a native of Grand Turk Island.


James U. Cross

On February 23, 1962, Cross flew Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, Chairman of the National Space Council, to Grand Turk Island, where Colonel John Glenn had splashed down after completing the Project Mercury space expedition.

Missile Test Project

MTP instrumented and operated the following tracking stations: CCAFS (designated AFE71), Grand Bahama Island (AFE73), Eleuthera Island (AFE74), San Salvador Island (AFE75), Mayaguana Island (AFE76), Grand Turk Island (AFE77), Antigua Island (AFE86), Chaguaramus, Trinidad (AFE87), Ascension Island (AFE83) and Mahé in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean (AFE89).


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