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Castaway Cay - private island and an exclusive port for Disney Cruise Line; Castle Island; Cat Island; Cat Cay; Catch Island; Catto Cay; Cave Cay, a private island in the Exumas; Cay Lobos (nearest point of The Bahamas to Cuba (Cayo Confites): 22.5 km (14 mi)) Cay One; Cay Sal Bank; Cay Santo Domingo; Cay With Low Fall; Caye a Rum; Caye de Sel ...
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 Hispaniola and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Caribbean. In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This ...
A British Blue Ensign with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. Note: change in the design of the badge. 1923–1953: Civil Ensign of the Crown Colony of the Bahamas Islands: A British Red Ensign with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. Note: change in the design of the badge. 1904–1953: Flag of the governor of the Bahamas Islands: A British Union ...
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
The Bahamas (/ b ə ˈ h ɑː m ə z / ⓘ 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 Turin map of 1523 clearly shows Abaco, then 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 flag was first flown on 4 July 1984 in Nassau, The Bahamas at the fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. [72] The flag features a blue background, but the upper part is a light blue representing sky and the lower, a darker blue representing the Caribbean Sea.