The National Beach Access Policy

The public beach access are designated under the law for the use and enjoyment for the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands. These beaches are governed by beach licences issued under the National Parks Regulations. There are several beach access which are publicly accessible over the years but have not been officially designated as public beach accesses. This layer has been created as an output from the survey conducted in 2019 and contains 227 beach access identified and checked during this survey.

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Beach access locations Unauthorized ZIP
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Beach access locations Unauthorized CSV
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Turks and Caicos Islands National Beach Access ...PDF
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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	September 8, 2021, 18:07 (UTC)
Created	April 14, 2021, 18:46 (UTC)
Region	TC
Language	eng
Topic Category	Environment; environmental resources, protection and conservation
Temporal Extent Start	2019-01-01
Temporal Extent End	2019-12-31
Dataset Reference Date	2020
Lineage	The beach access were identified and surveyed in 2019. The reports from these surveys comprise coordinates and description of the each beach access point. This information has been digitalized and converted to an excel file and shapefile.
West Longitude	-72.34930
South Latitude	21.30579
East Longitude	-71.12652
North Latitude	21.96068
Spatial Reference System	WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Restricted to government departments
Use Constraints	Restricted
Data Format	shape, csv
Update Frequency	as needed
Accuracy	high
Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Date	2021-04-14
Metadata Point of Contact	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Consent	Contact details hidden