The Abaco Islands lie in the northern Bahamas.The main islands are Great Abaco and Little Abaco. There are several smaller barrier cays, of which the northernmost are Walker's Cay and its sister island Grand Cay.To the south, the next inhabited islands are Spanish Cay and Green Turtle Cay, with its settlement of New Plymouth, Great Guana Cay, private Scotland Cay, Man …

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas is located in the Lucayan Archipelago, the portion of the Caribbean region in the North Atlantic Ocean rather than in or bordering the Caribbean Sea.There are 700 islands and 2,400 cays in The Bahamas.There are 30 inhabited islands. Andros Island is the largest island in the Bahamas. Large island groups include Berry Islands and Exuma.

This is a list of governors of the Bahamas.The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on Eleuthera.In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the lords proprietors of the Province of Carolina, but the islands were left to themselves.The local pirates proclaimed a 'Privateers' Republic' with Edward Teach (Blackbeard) as chief magistrate in 1703.In 1717, the Bahamas …

This is a list of airports in the Bahamas, grouped by island and sorted by location.. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an English-speaking country consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets.It is located at the north-east of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the …

Bahama Islands: 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship foundered at Nassau during a hurricane. Linnet United States: The fishing vessel was lost in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Potomac United Kingdom: 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The tanker was driven ashore on Andros, Bahamas. She broke in two and was a total loss.

(The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands are not in the Caribbean Sea, but rather in the open North Atlantic Ocean.) For related lists, see below Islands Islands 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) and greater. Rank Island Area ... Great Abaco Island: 1,144 442 Bahamas: 12 Martinique: 1,128

The Bahamas (/ b ə ˈ h ɑː m ə z / ()), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic.It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located …

This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than 2,500 km 2 (970 sq mi) and most of the islands over 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area. For comparison, ... Bahamas (North Abaco Central Abaco and South Abaco) 300: Lifou Island:

The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. A. Abaco Island; Abner Cay; Abraham's Bay; Acklins Island; Adderley Cay; Alcorine Cay; Alder Cay; Allan Cays; Allans Cay; Ambergris Cay(s) Andrew island; Andros ... List of islands of the Bahamas by total area; Geography of the Bahamas; Districts ...

The earliest arrival of people in the islands now known as The Bahamas was in the first millennium AD. The first inhabitants of the islands were the Lucayans, an Arawakan-speaking Taino people, who arrived between about 500 and 800 AD from other islands of the Caribbean.. Recorded history began on 12 October 1492, when Christopher Columbus landed on the island …