EXHIBIT 5.1

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Garmin Ltd

P.O. Box 10670

Grand Cayman KY1-1006

Camana Bay

Cayman Islands

29 June, 2009

Dear Sirs

Garmin Ltd. (the "Company")

We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by Garmin Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about 29 June 2009 (the "Registration Statement"), relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 150,000 additional Common Shares, par value US$0.005 per share of the Company (the "Shares") issuable under the Garmin Ltd. Non-Employee Directors' Option Plan (the "Plan").

As Cayman Islands counsel to the Company, we have examined the corporate authorisations of the Company in connection with the Plan and the issue of the Shares by the Company and a certificate of an officer of the Company.

It is our opinion that the Shares to be issued by the Company have been duly and validly authorised, and when issued, sold and paid for in the manner described in the Plan and in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and when appropriate entries have been made in the Register of Members of the Company, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Maples and Calder

Maples and Calder