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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.
People from Abaco Islands (4 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Abaco Islands" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park is a national park in Central Abaco, the Abaco Islands, the Bahamas. The park was established in 1972 and has an area of 2,100 acres (8 km 2). [2] The park's marine environment contains an extensive coral reef and undersea cave habitat, which provide opportunities for snorkelling and underwater diving. [3] [4]
Abaco National Park is a national park in South Abaco, the Abaco Islands, the Bahamas. The park was established in 1994 and has an area of 20,500 acres (83 km 2 ). [ 3 ]
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.
The bat fauna of the Caribbean region is diverse.. For the purposes of this article, the "Caribbean" includes all islands in the Caribbean Sea (except for small islets close to the mainland) and the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Barbados, which are not in the Caribbean Sea but biogeographically belong to the same Caribbean bioregion.
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.
The Abaco Barb or Abaco Spanish Colonial Horse was a breed or population of feral horses on the island of Great Abaco, in the Bahamas. It became extinct in 2015; [ 1 ] : 2 it was the only horse breed of the Bahamas.