Hell, Grand Cayman, derives it's name from a natural area of black, limestone formations, about an acre in size - more or less. The rocks, called "Ironshore," are found in many locations on Grand Cayman. It is said that the largest and most spectacular forms of ironshore are found in Hell.
Visitors are not allowed in amongst the rocky formations. However, there is a wooden viewing platform behind the Hell Post Office. Early residents on Grand Cayman Island named the community for these formations which they imagined to resemble the charred landscape of Hades. We didn't try it, but it is said that if a pebble is thrown out into the formation, it sometimes echoes amongst the limestone peaks and valleys, sounding as if it were falling all the way down to Hell.
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