Bahamas (Americas / Caribbean)

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is an independent English-speaking nation in the West Indies. An archipelago of 700 islands and cays, the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Cat Island District (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

New Providence District (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Acklins and Crooked Islands District (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Geography of the Bahamas (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas / Cat Island District)

The Bahamas are a group of about 700 atolls 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 120 miles south-east of Florida.

Nassau, Bahamas (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Nassau is the capital city and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 210,832 (2000 census), nearly 70 percent of the entire population of the Bahamas (303,611).

Eleuthera (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

See also: Eleutherae

Crooked Island (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

There are at least two Crooked Islands:

Andros, Bahamas (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Andros Island is the largest island of the Bahamas at roughly 2300 square miles (6,000 km²) in area and 104 miles (167 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide at its widest point. The island has the world's third largest barrier reef, which is over 140 miles long.

Norman's Cay (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Norman's Cay is a Bahamanian island that served as the headquarters for Carlos Lehder and George Jung's drug-smuggling operation from 1978 to around 1982. As part of the Medellín Cartel, the two used it as a base for smuggling cocaine into the United States.

Long Island, Bahamas (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

This article is about the island in the Bahamas. For other uses of the word "Long Island", see Long Island (disambiguation).

Rum Cay (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Rum Cay is an island and district of the Bahamas. Lat.

Samana Cay (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Samana Cay is a small island in the central Bahamas, uninhabited most of the time, and believed by some researchers to have been the location of Columbus's first landfall, on October 12, 1492.

New Providence (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

New Providence is an island, one of the most populous in the Bahamas.

Cat Island (Bahamas) (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

Cat Island is one of the central Bahamas, and one of its districts, and boasts the nation's highest point. Its Mount Alvernia rises to 206 ft (63 m) and is topped by a monastery called The Hermitage.

San Salvador Island (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas)

San Salvador Island, also known as Watling Island, is an island and district of the Bahamas. Until 1986, when the National Geographic Society suggested Samana Cay, it was widely believed that during his first expedition to the New World, San Salvador Island was the first land sighted and visited by Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492.

Cayo Guillermo (Americas / Caribbean / Cuba / Provincia de Ciego de Ávila)

Cayo Guillermo is an island north of Cuba, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, at . Island is a popular tourist destination.

Acklins and Crooked Islands (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas / Acklins and Crooked Islands District)

Acklins and Crooked Islands was a district of the Bahamas until 1996, and as Acklins, Crooked Island and Long Cay until 1999. (islands are located at )

Latitude and longitude of cities (Americas / Caribbean / Bahamas / New Providence District)

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