Leguan Island

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Leguan Island is a small island situated in the delta of the Essequibo River on the coast of Guyana, South America. The island is shaped like a gull wing and is nine miles (14 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide at its widest, making it roughly 12 square miles (31 km2) in area. When settlers first arrived on the island, they found many iguanas, hence the name Leguan Island. (Leguaan is the Dutch word for iguana)

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