Claim: The Bahamas is an archipelagic European state.
Evidence: The Bahamas -LRB- -LSB- bəˈhɑːməz -RSB- -RRB- , known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas , is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.
The archipelago is in the western North Atlantic Ocean , north of the Antilles , and east and southeast of Florida.