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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 following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to The Bahamas: Commonwealth of The Bahamas – sovereign island country comprising an archipelago of seven hundred islands and two thousand cays. [1] The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba, the island of ...
The Bahamas (/ bəˈhɑːməz / ⓘ bə-HAH-məz), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, [ 13 ] is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population. The archipelagic country consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the ...
Acklins Island. Adderley Cay. Alcorine Cay. Alder Cay. Allan Cays. Allans Cay. Ambergris Cay (s) Andrew island. Andros Island - largest island of the Bahamas.
This map is part of a collection of 216 free country maps, created by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to be used in print, web or broadcast products. The ReliefWeb Location Maps released here are maps that highlight a country, its capital, major populated places and the surrounding regions.
Nassau (/ ˈnæsɔː / NASS-aw) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. It is located on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas. [2] As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of the Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for ...
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 ...
Andros Island was the site of two of the first dive-dedicated resorts in the world, and the first in The Bahamas, both founded by Canadians. Small Hope Bay Lodge near Fresh Creek was founded by Dick Birch in 1960. It continues to operate as a dive resort under the ownership and management of Dick Birch's children.