Andros, Bahamas facts for kids
Beach on South Andros Island
|
|
 Location in the Bahamas
|
|
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 24°26′N 77°57′W / 24.433°N 77.950°W |
| Archipelago | The Bahamas |
| Area | 5,957 km2 (2,300 sq mi) |
| Length | 167 km (103.8 mi) |
| Width | 64 km (39.8 mi) |
| Administration | |
 Bahamas |
|
| Demographics | |
| Population | 7,800 |
| Pop. density | 1.31 /km2 (3.39 /sq mi) |
Andros Island is an archipelago in the Bahamas. It is the largest of the 26 inhabited Bahamian Islands. The land area of Andros has hundreds of small islets and cays connected by mangrove estuaries and tidal swamp lands. There are three major islands—North Andros, Mangrove Cay, and South Andros. It is 104 miles (167 km) long by at its widest 40 miles (64 km) wide.
The Andros Barrier Reef is the world's third longest after Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the Central American Belize Barrier Reef. The island is home to the world's largest collection of Blue Holes.
Andros is known in the Bahamas by two nicknames, "The Sleeping Giant" and "The Big Yard."
Images for kids
-
Map of Andros
-
Topographic map of Andros Island.
-
Guardian Blue Hole
-
Church's Blue Hole -
South Andros Island, at Tiamo.
-
View from Saddleback Cay
-
Sunset from Blanket Sound
-
Captain Morgan's Cave
-
The North Beach of Small Hope Bay Lodge
-
Air photo of barrier reefs along east side of northern Andros (1999)
See also
In Spanish: Andros (Bahamas) para niños
