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The Bahamas comprises
a 100,000 square mile/26 million hectare archipelago that extends
over 500 miles/833 km between southeast Florida and northern
Hispaniola; between longitudes 72° 35'W and 80° 30'W and latitudes 20° 50'N
and 27° 30'N.
Some of the deepest water in the world is in the
Tongue of the Ocean, east of Andros and flanked by one of the world's longest
barrier reefs. More than one mile deep, these waters are utilized
for oceanographic research
by scientists of the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation
Centre, a multi-million-dollar joint US-UK
research base. APPROXIMATE FLIGHT
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From London: 9 hours
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The
Bahamas is an archipelago of islands in the Western Atlantic Ocean
located to the North of Cuba and approximately 60 miles southeast
of Florida.
The waters surrounding
The Bahamas are virtually free of pollution and silt, making
them the clearest
