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The Turin map of 1523 clearly shows Abaco, now named Iucayonique. The Turin map remained the most accurate map of the area until the Bahamas' first English maps were produced. [citation needed] Both John White's map of 1590 and Thomas Hood's map of 1592 show the islands, as did a map produced in 1630 by the Dutchman de Laet. At this time, the ...
The Sea of Abaco (sometimes Abaco Sound), located in The Bahamas, is an approximately 100 kilometres (62 miles) long saltwater lagoon separating Great Abaco Island (known locally as the 'mainland') from a chain of barrier islands known as the Abaco Cays. Depths in the Sea of Abaco are generally a few metres, and shallow reefs and shoals can ...
Map of Elbow Cay Panorama from the Elbow Cay lighthouse in Abaco, Bahamas. Elbow Cay is located about 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) east of Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco Island. Most visitors fly into Marsh Harbour and take the ferry to either Hope Town at the Northern end of Elbow Cay or White Sound, a mid-island harbour and settlement developed in ...
A map of The Bahamas. The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. [1] [2] [3 ... Little Abaco Island; Little ...
Island Area (km 2) Area (sq mi) Country or Countries 112 Little San Salvador Island: 9.7 - Bahamas: 113 Catalina Island: 9.6 - Dominican Republic: 114 Terre-de-Bas: 9 - Guadeloupe: 115 Conception Island: 8.5 3 Bahamas: 116 Ronde Island: 8.1 - Grenada: 117 Jost Van Dyke: 8 3 British Virgin Islands: 118 Union Island: 8 3 Saint Vincent and the ...
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.
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.
Treasure Cay, is a parcel of land connected to Great Abaco Island in The Bahamas.It has a population of 1,187 as of the 2010 Bahaman census. [1]There are two resorts Bahama Beach Club developed by Businessman Craig H. Roberts and Treasure Cay Beach Hotel, Marina & Golf resort, condos, villas, and private homes, many for rent.