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HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War.The Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609.
Location of Ireland Island in Bermuda Ireland Isle, 1856, summer sleeping tents The Commissioner's House, 1857. Ireland Island is the north-westernmost island in the chain which comprises Bermuda. It forms a long finger of land pointing northeastwards from the main island, the last link in a chain which also includes Boaz Island and Somerset ...
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Map of Bermuda Pink buses of Bermuda. Bermuda consists of several islands with an area of 53.2 km 2 (20.5 sq mi) with 447 km (278 mi) of paved roads — 225 km (140 mi) of which are public roads and 222 km (138 mi) are private paved roads. [1] A former railway track has been converted into a walking trail. [2]
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View of Bermuda from Gibbs Hill Lighthouse in July 2015 View from the top of Gibb's Hill Lighthouse Landsat 8 satellite image Topographic map of Bermuda Bermuda is a group of low-forming volcanoes in the Atlantic Ocean , in the west of the Sargasso Sea , roughly 578 nmi (1,070 km; 665 mi) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras [ 53 ] on the Outer ...
The King's Castle stone fortification on the island - which gives the harbour its name - dates to 1612, and is the oldest standing English fortification in the Americas and oldest stone building still in existence in Bermuda. The castle was the site of the successful defence of Bermuda from Spanish attack in 1614.