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Great Goat Island (17°52′N 77°03′W) is a cay located less than a mile off the coast of Jamaica, southwest of the Hellshire Hills. It is part of Saint Catherine Parish. Along with Little Goat Island located northwest of it, these two cays make up the Goat Islands, which are within the Portland Bight Protected Area.
Map of Great Goat Island, Jamaica
These cays were previously home to the Jamaican Iguana until the 1940s, when the population was thought to have become extinct, mainly due to predation by introduced small Indian mongooses and habitat alteration by feral goats.
The island, as of September 2013, is being considered as the base for a Chinese funded transhipment hub.
9/27/2016 The Goat Islands are saved from development! http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20160923/transshipment-project-under-consideration-not-goat-islands-pm