Objectives: Students will be able to: Objectives: Students will be able to: Define the term archipelago and state why it is called an archipelago Define.

• Objectives: Students will be able to:Objectives: Students will be able to:

• Define the term Define the term archipelagoarchipelago and state why it is and state why it is called an archipelagocalled an archipelago

• State the geographical location of The BahamasState the geographical location of The Bahamas

• List the names of islands, their geographical List the names of islands, their geographical location where they may be found and the key location where they may be found and the key information indigenous to each islandinformation indigenous to each island

• Archipelago:Archipelago:   • islands: islands: a group or chain of islands a group or chain of islands • sea with islands: sea with islands: an area of sea an area of sea

with many islandswith many islands

• Island:Island: • piece of land surrounded by water: piece of land surrounded by water: • an area of land, smaller than a an area of land, smaller than a

continent, that is completely continent, that is completely surrounded by water surrounded by water

• Cay:Cay: • small island: small island: a small low island or reef in a small low island or reef in

the ocean, made of coral or sand, the ocean, made of coral or sand, especially in the Caribbeanespecially in the Caribbean

• Weather forecaster:Weather forecaster: • A person who A person who broadcast about weatherbroadcast about weather• a person announcing weather conditions a person announcing weather conditions

on a radio or television broadcaston a radio or television broadcast

•The Bahamas is an The Bahamas is an archipelagoarchipelago – a group of over – a group of over 700 700 islandsislands and and cayscays lying lying close to one another. The close to one another. The islands stretch in a islands stretch in a northwesterly to southeasterly northwesterly to southeasterly direction. direction.

• If the land area of all the islands is If the land area of all the islands is added together, they cover a total area added together, they cover a total area of almost 14,000 square kilometers. of almost 14,000 square kilometers.

• If we include the sea between the If we include the sea between the islands, The Bahamas is a country of islands, The Bahamas is a country of about 260,000 square kilometers.about 260,000 square kilometers.

•Since the Bahamian islands Since the Bahamian islands cover such a large area, there cover such a large area, there may be different kinds of may be different kinds of weather occurring in different weather occurring in different parts of the country at the parts of the country at the same time. same time.

• When we listen to the weather When we listen to the weather forecast, it is different for each forecast, it is different for each part of the Bahamas. part of the Bahamas. Weather Weather forecastersforecasters divide the country divide the country into three groups of islands. They into three groups of islands. They are are NorthwesternNorthwestern, , CentralCentral and and SoutheasternSoutheastern Bahamas. Which Bahamas. Which group of islands do you live in?group of islands do you live in?

North-WesternNorth-Western CentralCentral South-EasternSouth-Eastern

Grand BahamaGrand Bahama Cat IslandCat Island Crooked IslandCrooked Island

AbacoAbaco ExumaExuma AcklinsAcklins

BiminiBimini Long IslandLong Island MayaguanaMayaguana

AndrosAndros Rum CayRum Cay InaguaInagua

New ProvidenceNew Providence San SalvadorSan Salvador Ragged IslandRagged Island

EleutheraEleuthera

Berry IslandBerry Island

IslandIslandss

Size in Size in KmKm22

HighesHighest Pointt Point

Main TownMain Town ProductsProducts Places Places of of InterestInterestss

Total Total PopulatioPopulationn

AbacoAbaco 1681 1681 kmkm22

37 m37 m •Cooper’s Cooper’s TownTown

•Marsh Marsh HarborHarbor

•Sandy Sandy PointPoint

•FishFish

•VegetableVegetabless

•Citrus Citrus FruitsFruits

•TreasuTreasure re

CayCay

•Hope Hope

TownTown

•Man-Man-of-of-

War War CayCay

10,06110,061

AcklinAcklinss

497km497km22 43 m43 m •Spring Spring PointPoint

•Cascrilla Cascrilla

barkbark

•Castle Castle

Island Island light-light-househouse

428428

AndroAndross

5959 5959 kmkm22

36 m36 m •Nicholl’s Nicholl’s TownTown

•Fresh Fresh CreekCreek

•Kemp’s Kemp’s BayBay

•VegetableVegetabless

•Citrus Citrus FruitFruit

•WaterWater

•Manufac-Manufac-tured tured goodsgoods

•Andro-Andro-sia sia

factoryfactory

•Blue Blue

holesholes

8,1558,155

IslandsIslands

Size in Size in kmkm22

HighesHighest Pointt Point

Main TownMain Town ProductsProducts Places of Places of InterestsInterests

Total Total Popula-Popula-tiontion

Cat Cat IslandIsland

389 km389 km22 63 m63 m •Arthur’s Arthur’s TownTown

•New BightNew Bight

•Port HowePort Howe

•VegetablVegetableses

•CavesCaves

•Coma Coma HillHill

1,6781,678

Eleu-Eleu-thera thera Spanish Spanish WellsWells

518 km518 km22 58 m58 m •Spanish Spanish WellsWells

•Dunmore Dunmore TownTown

•Governor’s Governor’s

HarborHarbor

•Rock SoundRock Sound

•PineapplPineappleses

•VegetablVegetableses

•Citrus Citrus FruitFruit

•FishFish

•Glass Glass Window Window PreacherPreacher’s ’s

CaveCave

10,52410,524

IslandsIslands

Size in Size in KmKm22

HighesHighest Pointt Point

Main Main TownTown

ProductsProducts Places of Places of InterestsInterests

Total Total PopulatioPopulationn

ExumaExuma 290 km290 km22 38 m38 m •George George TownTown

•OnionsOnions •ElizabetElizabeth Harborh Harbor

•National National Land- Sea Land- Sea ParkPark

•Planta-Planta-tion ruinstion ruins

3,5393,539

Grand Grand BahamBahamaa

1373 1373 kmkm22

21 m21 m • West West EndEnd

•Eight Eight Mile Mile Rock Rock

•FreeporFreeportt

•MedicinesMedicines

•Refined Refined OilOil

•Interna-Interna-tional tional BazaarBazaar

•Garden Garden of the of the GrovesGroves

•Straw Straw MarketMarket

41,03541,035

IslandsIslands Size in Size in KmKm22

HighesHighest Pointt Point

Main TownMain Town ProductsProducts Places of Places of InterestsInterests

Total Total PopulatioPopulationn

InaguaInagua 1679 1679 kmkm22

33 m33 m •Matthew Matthew TownTown

•SaltSalt

•Casca-Casca-rilla rilla

barkbark

•Morton’Morton’s Salt Co.s Salt Co.

•National National ParkPark

985985

Long Long IslandIsland

596 596 kmkm22

54 m54 m • Deadman’s Deadman’s CayCay

•Clarence Clarence TownTown

•Stella MarisStella Maris

•Cattle Cattle

•FishFish

•Citrus Citrus FruitsFruits

3,1073,107

New New Provi-Provi-dencedence

207 207 kmkm22

38 m38 m •NassauNassau •RumRum

•PoultryPoultry

•Live-Live-stockstock

•Bay Bay StreetStreet

•FortsForts

•Queen’s Queen’s StaircaseStaircase

•Straw Straw MarketMarket

•Water Water TowerTower

171,542171,542