Lucayan Archipelago
Archipelago in the Northwestern West Indies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lucayan Archipelago (named for the original native Lucayan people), also known as the Bahamian Archipelago, is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean, north of Cuba and the other Antillean Islands, and east and south-east of Florida.
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Coordinates: 23.74°N 75.37°W / 23.74; -75.37 | |
Continent | North America |
Subregion | Caribbean |
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Area | |
• Total | 14,308 km2 (5,524 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 443,000 |
• Density | 24.6/km2 (64/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Bahamian, Turks Islander, Caicos Islander |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
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William Keegan writes: "Modern political considerations aside, the islands form a single archipelago with common geological, ecological, and cultural roots."[1] Though part of the West Indies, the Lucayan Archipelago is not located on the Caribbean Sea.