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The Abaco Islands lie in the north of The Bahamas, about 193 miles (167.7 nautical miles or 310.6 km) east of Miami, Florida, US. The main islands are Great Abaco and Little Abaco, which is just west of Great Abaco's northern tip. [3] There are several smaller barrier cays, of which the northernmost are Walker's Cay and its sister island Grand Cay.
Marsh Harbour is a town in Abaco Islands, Bahamas, with a population of 6,283 as of 2012. [3]The settlement lies on a peninsula just off the Great Abaco Highway, which runs south through Great Abaco to Cherokee Point and Little Harbour.
Abaco Dinghies built by Joseph Albury on Man-O-War Cay, 2010 The home builders of Man-O-War are known throughout the Bahamas for building homes that "are built like ships, but bolted to the land." All the rafters and structure are joined together in a manner similar to ship construction and resist hurricanes very well.
Hope Town is one of the districts of The Bahamas, on the Abaco islands as well as a small village on Elbow Cay, located in Abaco. The area had a population of 458 in 2010. [1] Golf carts are the district's main mode of transportation, while most of the supplies for the area are brought in by barge each week.
Despite having a rich modern flora and fauna and being critically important to native and endemic species of the Bahamas, preserved pollen records collected from sinkholes indicate that the pineyards, or at least the ones of the northern Bahamas (Abaco, Grand Bahama, New Providence, and Andros) have a largely anthropogenic origin.
Baker's Bay is a three-mile long bay on the island of Great Guana Cay. A clear and aqua sea grass bed in the Sea of Abaco , it was a favorite destination of Abaco Islands boaters for years. Flora and fauna
Walker's Cay National Park is a marine national park north of Walker's Cay in North Abaco, the Bahamas. The park was established in 2002, and has an area of 3,840 acres (16 km 2 ). [ 2 ] The park's marine environment has a barrier reef , which is used for underwater diving [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and snorkelling .
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