Long Island runs some 60 miles from north to south and is located between the Exumas to the northwest and Crooked and Acklins to the southeast. The length of the island features lovely, remote beaches on both the deep, windy Atlantic side (to the east) and on the protected, relatively
The most easterly island in the Bahamas, Mayaguana rests over 350 miles southeast of Nassau and over 500 miles off the coast of Florida. This illustrates how vast the Bahamas really is with Great Inagua even further away to the south. The island nation of the Turks and Caicos is
The island of New Providence is home to the nation’s capital, Nassau, by far the largest city in the Bahamas with over 250,000 residents, about 70% of the overall Bahamian population. The island is 21 miles long and several miles in width with a natural harbour on the north side
Paradise Island is just off the north coast of New Providence Island (Nassau). It is nearly 700 acres connected to Nassau by two 600 foot long bridges, which span Nassau Harbour. P.I., as locals know it, is today dominated by the “Atlantis” resort with thousands of hotel rooms and a
These three islands are in the east central part of the Bahamas, over 300 miles off the east coast of Florida. Rum Cay and San Salvador are populated, Conception is not. Rum Cay is 20 miles southwest of San Salvador and is believed to be named after a shipwrecked cargo
