Andros Island, The Bahamas

Andros Island is an archipelago in The Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. The land area of Andros consists of hundreds of small islets and cays connected by mangrove estuaries and tidal swamplands, together wit…
Andros Island is an archipelago in The Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. The land area of Andros consists of hundreds of small islets and cays connected by mangrove estuaries and tidal swamplands, together with three major islands: North Andros, Mangrove Cay, and South Andros. The three main islands are separated by bights, estuaries that trifurcate the island from east to west. It is 167 kilometres long by 64 km wide at the widest point.
  • Location: Atlantic Ocean
  • Population: 7,780 (2022)
  • Archipelago: The Bahamas
  • Major islands: North Andros, Mangrove Cay, South Andros
  • Area: 5,957 km² (2,300 sq mi)
  • Length: 167 km (103.8 mi)
  • Width: 64 km (39.8 mi)

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