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To promote its economic interests abroad, Bermuda maintains representative offices in London [136] and Washington, D.C. [137] Only the United States and Portugal have full-time diplomatic representation in Bermuda (the U.S. maintains a Consulate-General, and Portugal maintains a Consulate), while 17 countries maintain honorary consuls in ...
The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time , resulting in UTC−04:00. AST is observed in parts of North America including several Caribbean islands.
The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) is a long-term oceanographic study by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). Based on regular (monthly or better) research cruises , it samples an area of the western Atlantic Ocean nominally at the coordinates 31°40′N 64°10′W / 31.667°N 64.167°W / 31.667; -6
Map of the island of Bermuda. Bermuda was first documented by a European in 1503 by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.In 1609, the English Virginia Company, which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier, permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane, when the crew and passengers of Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent it from sinking ...
The shift is the amount of time added at the DST start time and subtracted at the DST end time. For example, in Canada and the United States, when DST starts, the local time changes from 02:00 to 03:00, and when DST ends, the local time changes from 02:00 to 01:00. As the time change depends on the time zone, it does not occur simultaneously in ...
17–19 January - The Chubb Bermuda Triangle Challenge (3 charitable races) [6] 1 February 2025 - Trademarks Act 2023 will come into effect [7] 10–12 March - 2025 Bermuda Risk Summit (for Reinsurance professionals) will take place at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club [8] [9] 3 April - Nonstop flights from Bermuda to Bradley International ...
On 17 January 1949, Star Ariel was awaiting flight instructions at Kindley Field, Bermuda, with no passengers. Meanwhile, BSAA Tudor G-AHNK Star Lion suffered an engine failure on approach to Bermuda, landing without incident. Star Ariel was promptly pressed into service to take G-AHNK's passengers on to their destination of Kingston, Jamaica.
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 ...