page_title: Outline of the Bahamas
section_title: Geography of the Bahamas
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of the Bahamas / Geography of the Bahamas
caption_attribution_description: English: A map showing the Bahamas' cities and main towns. This map's source is here, with the uploader's modifications, and the GMT homepage says that the tools are released under the GNU General Public License.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Bahamas:
  Commonwealth of the Bahamas – sovereign island nation comprising an archipelago of seven hundred islands and two thousand cays. The Bahamas are located in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida and the United States, north of Cuba, the island of Hispaniola and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
context_section_description: Geography of the Bahamas
  The Bahamas is...
  an archipelago
  a country
  an island country consisting of two thousand cays and seven hundred islands
  a nation state
  a Commonwealth realm
  Location:
  Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  North America (off the East Coast of the United States, southeast of Florida)
  Atlantic Ocean
  North Atlantic Ocean
  Time zone:  Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05), Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04)
  Extreme points of the Bahamas
  High:  Mount Alvernia on Cat Island 63 m (207 ft)
  Low:  North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  Land boundaries:  none
  Coastline:  North Atlantic Ocean 3,542 km
  Population of the Bahamas: 330,549 (2007) – 177th most populous country
  Area of the Bahamas: 13,878 square kilometres (5,358 sq mi) – 160th largest country
  Maps of the Bahamas
  Atlas of the Bahamas
caption: An enlargeable map of the Bahamas
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