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From 15 December 1954 to 10 October 2010, there was a territory known as the Netherlands Antilles composed of five islands, all of which were Dutch dependencies. [14] From 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962, there was also a short-lived political union called the British West Indies Federation composed of ten English-speaking Caribbean territories ...
Watt, Maurice J. – Report on a Visit to the British West Indies, the Bahamas and Bermuda. [71] Wiedenmayer, Felix – Shallow-Water Sponges of the Western Bahamas: Experientia Supplementum 28. [72] The Year Book of the Bermudas, the Bahamas, British Guiana, British Honduras and the West Indies, 1928. [73]
During the wet season, which extends from May through October, the climate is dominated by warm, moist tropical air masses [1] as the Bermuda High brings a southeasterly flow from the deep tropics. Daily high temperatures are in the 31 °C (87.8 °F) range, with a dew point temperatures in the 75–77 °F (23.9–25.0 °C) range, creating the ...
Sir Clifford Darling GCVO JP (6 February 1922 [1] – 27 December 2011) [2] was the fifth governor-general of the Bahamas from 2 January 1992 until his retirement on 2 January 1995. Early life and education
Polar and alpine climates has every month of the year with an average temperature below 10 °C (50 °F). [9] [11] ET = Tundra climate; average temperature of warmest month between 0 °C (32 °F) and 10 °C (50 °F). [9] [11] EF = Ice cap climate; eternal winter, with all 12 months of the year with average temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F). [9] [11]
Three dogs attacked their owner at a San Diego park Friday, killing the man and injuring another person, according to authorities and the Humane Society.
The first known Black author from the Bahamas was a John Boyd who wrote a book of poetry called "The Vision and Other Poems in Blank Verse," published in 1834. The population of the Bahamas is 95% Christian, of various denominations, primarily Methodist, Baptist, Anglican and Catholic. There are more churches per capita than in any other country.