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The island is reached by sea and by air links from the rest of The Bahamas. Three airports serve the island. North Eleuthera Airport, with a 1,835-metre (6,020 ft) runway on the north part of the island and located inland. [33] Governor's Harbour Airport is located in the middle of the main island and has services to Nassau. [34]
Matthew Town is the chief and only settlement on Great Inagua Island of the Bahamas. It is located on the southwest corner of the island. It was named after Bahamian Governor George Buckley-Mathew (1844–1849) and first settled during his tenure in office. It has several buildings dating to the 19th century including the 1870 Great Inagua ...
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Although comparable in total area to the state of Rhode Island (3140 km 2, population 1.05 million) together with Long Island, New York (3600 km 2, population 7.5 million), Andros only has a population of approximately 8000, almost all of whom are settled in a thin strip near the Queen Elizabeth Highway running along the island's eastern coast.
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San Salvador Island, previously Watling's Island, is an island and district of the Bahamas, famed for being the probable location of Christopher Columbus's first landing of the Americas on 12 October 1492 during his first voyage.
The geography in Chub Cay is similar to many other islands in the Bahamas. It is a coral based island along with the other islands in the Berry Island Chain. [4] There are narrow dirt roads that do not allow you to drive a car through the island and rather take a golf cart. Palm trees and open brush fill the east side of the island.
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 ...