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The Bahamas are a group of about 700 islands and cays in the western Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. The largest of the islands is Andros Island, located north of Cuba and 200 kilometres (120 miles) southeast of Florida. The Bimini islands are to its northwest.
The Straits of Florida The Florida straits, the J-shaped channel between southeastern Florida and the Bahamas, and the Florida Keys and Cuba.. The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait (Spanish: Estrecho de Florida) is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland, generally accepted to be between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and between the ...
The mean depth between 60°N and 60°S is 3,730 m (12,240 ft), or close to the average for the global ocean, with a modal depth between 4,000 and 5,000 m (13,000 and 16,000 ft). [26] In the South Atlantic the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise form barriers to ocean currents. The Laurentian Abyss is found off the eastern coast of Canada.
Stewart and Jamieson also reported a maximum depth of 8,408 m (27,585 ft; 4,598 fathoms) [12] in 2019 and 8,378 m (27,487 ft; 4,581 fathoms) [13] in 2021. Perspective view of the sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Lesser Antilles are on the lower left side of the view and Florida is on the upper right.
The TOTO is a U-shaped, relatively flat-bottomed depression measuring approximately 30 by 240 kilometres (20 by 150 mi). Its depth varies gradually from 1,100 m (3,600 ft) in the south to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in the north. [1] Its only exposure to the open ocean is at the northern end.
Constituting the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean, the trench is 810 kilometres (503 mi) long [7] and has a maximum documented depth between 8,376 metres (27,480 ft) [8] and 8,740 metres (28,675 ft). [7] [9] The deepest point is commonly referred to as the Milwaukee Deep, with the Brownson Deep naming the seabed surrounding it. [10]
Small Islands Marine Science and Sustainable Development 51 (1996): 36–55. Glover K., Linda (2004), Defying Ocean's End: An Agenda For Action, Island Press, p. 9. ISBN 978-1-55963-753-4; Morgan, Philip D. et al. Sea and Land: An Environmental History of the Caribbean (Oxford University Press, 2022) online review
The strait/channel is located off the Atlantic coast of north-central and northeastern mainland and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago of Cuba, and south of the Great Bahama Bank of the Bahamas. It is approximately 100 miles (161 km) long and 14 miles (22.5 km) wide at its narrowest place.