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Bermuda (/ b ər ˈ m j uː d ə /; historically known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about 1,035 km (643 mi) to the west-northwest.
The Newport Bermuda Race, commonly known as the Bermuda Race, is a biennial, 635 nautical miles (1175 km) sailing yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the British island of Bermuda. The Race is the oldest regularly scheduled ocean race in the world, and one of two regularly scheduled races "held almost entirely out of sight of land."
Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean.Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 km (1,100 mi) northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1,350 km (840 mi) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, west of Portugal, northwest of Brazil, 1,759 km (1,093 mi) north of Havana, Cuba and ...
Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of The Bahamas.It is the third largest island in The Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly 530 square miles (1,400 km 2) in area and approximately 153 kilometres (95 miles) long west to east and 24 kilometres (15 miles) at its widest point north to south.
CocoCay or Little Stirrup Cay, sometimes titled Perfect Day at CoCoCay (/ k oʊ k oʊ k eɪ /) is one of the Berry Islands, a collection of Bahamian cays and small islands located approximately 55 miles (89 km) north of Nassau. [1]
In the IANA time zone database, the Bahamas is given one zone in the file zone.tab—America/Nassau. "BS" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.Data for the Bahamas directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself: [2]
Because of Bermuda's considerable distance from the nearest land mass, the airport's use by General Aviation aircraft is limited to jets and long-range turboprops. Only jet fuel is available. The airport offers US Customs and Immigration preclearance , which means US-bound passengers clear Customs in Bermuda; flights arriving in the US from ...
Many believers in the Bermuda Triangle claim that the keepers were two more victims lost to its mysterious forces. [4] However, the hurricane record from 1969 indicates that Hurricane Anna, the first hurricane of 1969, on 1–2 August, passed close enough to Great Isaac Island to cause dangerous weather for the tiny rock island.