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... > contexts > geographicals > Americas > Caribbean region > West Indies > Bahamas
contexts > geographicals > islands > West Indies > Bahamas
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > landforms > islands > West Indies > Bahamas
... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > physical geography > geomorphology > landforms > islands > West Indies > Bahamas
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Bahamas  

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  • The nation of the Bahamas consists of more than 700 low-lying islands, keys, and rocks extending 500 miles (1 mile = 1.61 kilometers) southeast off the coast of Florida. The Bahamas was the site of Columbus's 1492 landfall in the New World. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Bahamas]

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