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The Bahamas is... an archipelago; a country an island country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands; a nation state; a Commonwealth realm; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere. North America (off the East Coast of the United States, southeast of Florida) Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Ocean. Caribbean. West ...
Map of the Bahamas Most of the Bahamas are the above-water part of the Bahama Banks (light blue). During the ice ages these would have been two large islands The landmass that makes up what is the modern-day Bahamas, lies at the northern part of the Greater Antilles region and was believed to have been formed 200 million years ago when they ...
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.
Geologically and geographically The Bahamas, including Andros, are not located in the Caribbean, whose northern boundary is the Windward Passage, but rather in the Atlantic Ocean. Historically, the nation was part of the British West Indies and is considered culturally to be part of the Caribbean. The Bahamian dialect of the English language is ...
"West Indies" or "West India" was a part of the names of several companies of the 17th and 18th centuries, including the Danish West India Company, the Dutch West India Company, the French West India Company, and the Swedish West India Company. [15] West Indian is the official term used by the U.S. government to refer to people of the West ...
The Bahamas Street View Coverage for Google Maps is proposed to capture imagery of more than 3,729 miles (6,000 kilometres) of key tourist areas throughout the country’s more than 700 islands, including 16 major islands whose towns, beaches and other attractions are visited by millions of in-coming travelers.
The Bahamas. List of islands of the Bahamas by total area; Geography of the Bahamas; Districts of the Bahamas; List of cities in the Bahamas; List of Bahamas-related topics; Lucayan Archipelago; List of islands by area; List of islands by highest point; List of islands by population; List of islands in lakes
Bahamas: 43 Barbuda: 161 61 Antigua and Barbuda 44 Marie Galante: 158 61 Guadeloupe: 45 Great Exuma: 158 61 Bahamas: 46 La Tortuga Island: 156.6 61 Venezuela ( Federal Dependencies of Venezuela) 47 Crooked Island: 148 57 Bahamas: 48 Middle Caicos: 144.2 56 Turks and Caicos Islands: 49 Vieques: 135 52 Puerto Rico: 50 Little Inagua: 127 49 ...